Comment on Microsoft Office has been renamed to “Microsoft 365 Copilot app”

pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  If it’s true, it seems like a crazy idea. Whether you like office or not, it’s a known brand and people have been using it for a long time. Throwing away that name recognition has to be a bad idea, especially as many people are increasingly resentful at having AI shit forced down their throats.

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  • Passerby6497@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Where do you see that it isn’t true? Clicking through to the MicroSlop site, it looks like it confirms this as true:

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    The Microsoft 365 Copilot app (formerly Office) lets you create, share, and collaborate all in one place with your favorite apps now including Copilot.*

    Is this just a wording fail and the app is changing, not the product line?

    If so, still not even the most confusing rebrand in recent memory.

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    • Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I think it was the verge. . . But a quick search yields mixed results. I dunno, honestly!

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  • apftwb@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Throwing away that name recognition has to be a bad idea

    Imagine if someone took a well known brand like Tumblr and renamed it to something stupid like “Q”

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