You could turn them off, you know.

Yes, 20 years ago we were able to customize software for use. Mindblowing, I know.

The first 5 words of your comment were highly relevant. The rest is snark. This is HN - please don't contribute to its enshittification.

Go blame the software industry for throwing away what made software of yesteryear so amazing to use. I'm just a simple farmer tending to his memes.