That’s exactly why we shit on it
Comment on Microsoft in their infinite wisdom has replaced the Hide Desktop icon with Copilot.
Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
… You guys might shit on it, but that’s incredibly smart on their part. Ten years or more of that button being there and now suddenly something else replaces it, just imagine the amount of people accidentally hitting the button and being introduced to copilot. This was a very deliberate change.
Allero@lemmy.today 4 months ago
BarrierWithAshes@kbin.social 4 months ago
I'm pretty sure there's a term for it. Google did it with shopping and images, Instagram changed the home button with some advertising thing (dont remember the exact details).
RobotToaster@mander.xyz 4 months ago
SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I was thinking enshittification
BarrierWithAshes@kbin.social 4 months ago
Better than whatever i wouldve come up with lol.
Granixo@feddit.cl 4 months ago
Shadow Patterns!
lemmyvore@feddit.nl 4 months ago
Dark pattern.
rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 4 months ago
Phishing?
ech@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Nobody said it wasn’t deliberate. It’s still shitty af.
SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 4 months ago
And the thing failed the things I asked it to do so far. It’s not very helpful with actually getting things done.
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
That’s why there are 3 of them now. One there and two in the corners of the start menu popup
people_are_cute@lemmy.sdf.org 4 months ago
This being “smart” is entirely based on the assumption that the average user who’s actually trying to just get to their home screen won’t be pissed when the bloated chatbot pops up instead. And that assumption is wrong.
Mango@lemmy.world 4 months ago
If being an asshole is smart, I’d rather be dumb.
MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 4 months ago
Dark pattern smart.
eskimofry@lemmy.world 4 months ago
It’s Smart as in, MLM scheme smart. Not honorable, just smart. Like a thief that is clever about not leaving fingerprints.