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kirkyeehee has Desktop Mate

Jan 11 @ 1:00am

What's the point?

I'm not trying to be mean or anything, but what is the point of this app? I downloaded it after it showed up as a recommendation, but I don't understand its point. It just sits there looking at your mouse, and is it a glorified alarm? Is there nothing more to this? I was expecting it to be some sort of AI to talk to or something like that at least.. but this... I just do not get the point of it since my PC already has an alarm on it.

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Star47

Jan 11 @ 1:07am

low effort bait

Embrace Monke Jan 11 @ 2:44am

its a desktop companion, popularize in the early 2000. I think XP has addapted in windows XP Plus with those virtual dancers on your desktop.. and also virtual girl on desktop

kannakamui.de has Desktop Mate

Jan 11 @ 7:22am

Just enjoy the cute. It does not have any purpose or meaning. It's just a little tool that allows you to have something cute running. No deep meaning or anything.

John Jan 11 @ 7:27am

Desktop mate with AI would be pretty cool.

kirkyeehee has Desktop Mate

Jan 11 @ 10:40am

Originally posted by Star47:
low effort bait

No, it's actually not bait. I am genuinely curious as to the point. I mean, without any features aside from an alarm, it doesn't seem to have a point to me. I figured AI would be integrated somehow so you could at least talk to it, but it doesn't even do that. It just sits on your desktop, looking at your mouse. I do not get the point of this app...

Just because you don't agree with something, or it somehow offends you, does not mean it's "bait." Guess what, people have different opinions of feelings on things. Crazy I know...

Originally posted by Embrace Monke:
its a desktop companion, popularize in the early 2000. I think XP has addapted in windows XP Plus with those virtual dancers on your desktop.. and also virtual girl on desktop

I kind of expected it to be like Bonzi Buddy (the malware from back in the day) but it does even less than that does lol.

Originally posted by kannakamui.de:
Just enjoy the cute. It does not have any purpose or meaning. It's just a little tool that allows you to have something cute running. No deep meaning or anything.

If I'm using my PC's resources on something, it needs to have a purpose. This sadly (in this state anyway) does not have a purpose.

Originally posted by John:
Desktop mate with AI would be pretty cool.

Right? Seeing as things like Moemate (an AI desktop companion) exists already, I just don't see the point in this. It's a step backward from what already exists. It's even a step backward from what has existed in the past. I mean, even some basic functions to ask it to open apps with speech recognition would have been a great feature, but this doesn't even do that. It just sits there...

I would happily pay for something if it had some features to it. $15 DLC That doesn't really do anything aside from set there, just isn't worth it to me. I need programs to have functionality or a purpose. I will be keeping an eye on this just in hopes they add some extra stuff but as things stand now I think this one will get uninstalled and I'll hope something more comes out of it in the future. This may have been fine in 2000, but compared to what other stuff can do, it's just lacking at the moment.