Stop. Wrestling. Control. From Me.

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Stop. Wrestling. Control. From Me.

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THE ABSOLUTE AUDACITY of Windows to block a program I specifically want to run! 💀

First, Windows has the NERVE to tell me "This is a program you blocked" when I have ZERO recollection of ever doing such a thing! Then when I plead my case like "But I know it's safe! I KNOW WHAT IT DOES!" Windows just shrugs with an "Okay" like some passive-aggressive teenager.

So I have to resort to LITERALLY TRICKING THE OPERATING SYSTEM by adding it to the exclusion list! The digital equivalent of putting on a fake mustache and glasses! And Windows just falls for it with "Sounds good to me" only to IMMEDIATELY quarantine it anyway!

The relationship between developers and Windows Defender is basically just one long, dramatic soap opera where we're all just trying to run our own code without being treated like criminals! 😭

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