Oh, yes, I won. I’ve known for months. Microsoft have nothing to do with it anymore.
You won: Microsoft is walking back Windows 11’s AI overload — scaling down Copilot and rethinking Recall in a major shift
Submitted 14 hours ago by baatliwala@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
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cley_faye@lemmy.world 52 minutes ago
nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 minutes ago
oh so Windows is good now?
Boiglenoight@lemmy.world 36 minutes ago
Enjoying Bazzite.
Hiro8811@lemmy.world 50 minutes ago
Three years late but thanks for giving me the push to switch
user28282912@piefed.social 3 hours ago
Prolific cannibal promises to review their choice in seasonings to be more tactful as they continue to feast on PC users’ privacy, freedom and last scraps of digital dignity on a global scale.
I am sure that this empty promise of change has everything to do with their user empathy and absolutely nothing to do with their recent financial results which indicated how hollow their AI-slop-bullshit revenue growth was last quarter.
the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
I won when I ditched windows.
Frozentea725@feddit.uk 13 hours ago
Yeah, it a temporary measure due to people leaving. Microsoft will not change. Linux is far better
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 8 hours ago
I have one gaming PC and it’s on windows 10 till kike October or so of this year when security updates go away. Waiting to see if steam OS ifficially drops for PC so I don’t have to switch OS more than once. Already have it running on and processor and GPU for an easy Linux switch, and been running Linux on my laptop for a while now.
GarbadgeGoober@feddit.org 12 hours ago
Best comment.
I am very thankful to Microsoft, without them I wouldn’t have made the switch to Linux.
I really loving it. So much better, faster and powerful + no Spying.
cabbage@piefed.social 11 hours ago
When I started using Linux in 2009 it had around 0.6 percent market share on desktop. Windows had 95%.
Today Windows is measured below 68%, and Linux has been measured above 4% by statcounter.com.
These things move faster the more people make the change. Linux only reached 1% in 2013, 2% in 2021, 3% in 2023, and 4% was somehow first measured already in 2024. For every single person making the switch it becomes easier for others to do the same, and companies consider Linux support to be a little bit more important. One can only wonder at which percentage of market share it will be offered as a mainstream alternative when buying a new computer, but it seems pretty clear that we’re getting there.
I guess my point is that we all won when you ditched Windows. Thanks for that.
glimse@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
10% market share is when I expect it to be impossible to ignore and I think we’re gonna get there fast like you alluded to.
But…mainly for games. The corporate crowd will stay on Windows because they benefit from propping up other corporations. PC/laptop manufacturers will still push Windows for the same reason
mech@feddit.org 8 hours ago
You can buy laptops with pre-installed Linux at Germany’s biggest computer retailer now.
artyom@piefed.social 9 hours ago
I wish you were right, but that growth does not appear fast nor steady.
BurgerBaron@piefed.social 11 hours ago
Yup too late I’m never coming back.
fuzzywombat@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
The title of the article is very misleading. Microsoft has not said they’ll be removing AI features already deployed on Windows. All it says is they’re reevaluating AI features going forward and streamlining the experience whatever that means. It sounds like they’re looking to rename unpopular unwanted feature like Recall instead of scrapping it. The whole thing is just a PR move to placate the disgruntled masses. Also they said nothing about intrusive ads, telemetry, or rapidly declining stability of overall system. Recent update literally broke windows explorer, task bar and start menu. One thing for certain, Microsoft will not stop using Copilot to develop their software in house. That would be admitting Ai tools are useless and that would sink Microsoft stock even further than it already has.
totesmygoat@piefed.ca 11 hours ago
You mean a company founded on lies, by a good friend of Epstein, is misleading the public! It’s not like he’s trying to treat us for his std…
riskable@programming.dev 8 hours ago
One thing for certain, Microsoft will not stop using Copilot to develop their software in house.
You’re wrong, but I think you’ll be OK with that because the reality of the situation is actually hilarious:
theverge.com/…/microsoft-claude-code-anthropic-pa…
“Turns out Copilot sucks so let’s just use our competitor’s superior product but that’s no reason we can’t keep foisting the inferior garbage on the masses!”
Kissaki@feddit.org 8 hours ago
Honestly it’s good engineering practice to not be stuck in your own product.
You want them to be using only copilot?
deliriousdreams@fedia.io 4 hours ago
We didn't win until I can remove it all from my computer.
massacre@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
We call that Linux here and you can start winning today!
slaughterhouse@lemmy.zip 2 hours ago
You could have done that anytime. Linux is right there.
imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 hours ago
Why would anyone suddenly trust Microslop? Trust is gone.
Earthman_Jim@lemmy.zip 8 hours ago
It’s amazing that America somehow is destroying trust in itself from so many different directions right now, almost seems like a planned demolition, but I think it’s more of a chaotic tragedy of errors and horrible judgement.
hector@lemmy.today 8 hours ago
It was absolutely planned, if not expressly planned for destroying trust. Planned for maximizing revenue, minimizing costs, for oppressing and dividing the population to exploit them and prevent a challenge to their corrupt systems, and so forth.
orclev@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
It’s not the whole country, it’s the perfect storm of the absolute worst people who spent the last few decades working to seize power combined with the death throws of late stage capitalism. The political and economic elite in America (and most other countries) have merged and corrupted each other beyond redemption, but the ultra capitalist systems of the US means there are few if any effective checks to their power. In a properly functioning country the government checks the power of corporations via regulations and laws and in turn is checked by the will of the public but in the US the incessant corporate propaganda has convinced a depressingly large chunk of the population that government regulations are inherently bad and that everything works better when corporations are free to do whatever they want. That combined with the absolutely blatant bribery and corruption in US politics means that corporations control the US government rather than the other way around.
The whole thing worked for a little while while the corporations were at least pretending to somewhat care about consumers and things like anti-monopoly regulations, but now that Trump has shown the government is very loudly and publicly for sale to the highest bidder they’ve all gone mask off and are just doing whatever they want. The problem of course is that they’re also run by morons that either don’t see the cliff they’re all collectively racing towards or just don’t care because they’re planning to bail out with all the profits while the greater US economy burns.
Ultimately this is the sprouting of the seed that was planted back in the 50s from an amalgam of the cold war anti-communism propaganda and the latent racism that was never properly dealt with following the civil war.
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 9 hours ago
The same reason they would any year.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 8 hours ago
History shows Americans will.
They trusted Microsoft after they were successfully sued by a DoJ (when it used to investigate corruption and monopoloes) for being dicks, but David boies rejected breaking up the company in 2001.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
They keep claiming that and then proceeding anyways with maybe a short period of backtracking. I’ll believe them when they’ve actually stayed backed off until the end of the ai bs. That said I’m never going back. I switched to Linux over 2 years ago in part because of the initial recall scandal.
CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 1 hour ago
Yeah this is what these companies do every time they get some heat. They never actually listen and fix their shit, they just back off and wait a couple of months until people are outraged about something else, then add it back in when they think nobody’s looking. Rinse and repeat until everyone’s too sick of hearing about it/tired of fighting it to continue.
dustman0192@lemmy.zip 6 hours ago
Same here. Switched to Mint, now on Fedora. I’ve gotten used to the ecosystem and I much prefer it to Windows. Will never go back now.
NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 4 hours ago
I switched when XP came out. Microsoft started enshitifying then and never stopped.
antithetical@lemmy.deedium.nl 8 hours ago
Nobody has won, they’re just going to the store to get some lube…
nailbar@sopuli.xyz 7 hours ago
I won. I ditched Windows conpletely.
antithetical@lemmy.deedium.nl 4 hours ago
Alright, I’ll give you that… Welcome!
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
RacerX@lemmy.zip 9 hours ago
Modern corpo playbook.
- Go too far with something wildly unpopular on purpose
- Everyone complains
- Dial it back slightly
- "We won!"
Jankatarch@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
“See, microsoft DOES care!”
whereIsTamara@lemmy.org 8 hours ago
Trumpism.
beemikeoak@lemmynsfw.com 4 hours ago
But my left handed microscope scissors rat nail polishing encabrulator only works on windows 11 if it has AI! Whatever should I do?!!!
Rat flies out of the window nails, face ears all properly painted and polished… Then the windows 11disk followed by the rest of the computer parts and the bat that did it all in.
ZeDoTelhado@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
As usual with all of these companies: only believe when you see the changes
WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
As usual with any company, fuck em! They only care about bleeding you of your wealth, not making the world a better place. They can eat shit and die.
helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Next month they’ll quietly add these “features” as background services under a generic name.
snooggums@piefed.world 12 hours ago
As part of a security update!
BagOfHeavyStones@piefed.social 11 hours ago
Another task for “Feedback Hub.”
ramble81@lemmy.zip 11 hours ago
“Windows Personal Assistant Control (WPA Supplicant)” - don’t forget you need the WPA supplicant enabled to connect to the network!
oftenawake@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 hours ago
WPA stands for “WiFi Protected Access”.
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 13 hours ago
Skill glad I switched to Linux gaming lol
SouthFresh@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
For now
BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Windows is still constantly tracking you and stealing your data. If you trust MS at this point, that mistake is on you.
SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
It will continue to dominate the market (along with apple) as long as it is the default OS on new pcs.
dandylion@lemmy.zip 6 hours ago
might be, but fortunately switching to and getting used to linux is so easy nowadays.
reksas@sopuli.xyz 2 hours ago
no matter how easy it is, so many people have locked themselves in into delusions that its hardest thing ever, be it based on truthful experiences or not.
Smoogs@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Na that’s ok. I’m happy now with Linux. I’ve adapted. And now I’m thriving. Game surveys will be happily filled out to up that statistic of Linux use. Windows can take a miserable dive off a cliff while riddled with Russian STDs.
rozodru@piefed.social 12 hours ago
I wouldn’t call this a victory. I’d call this a “re-evaluation”. they’ve invested way too much into AI/LLMs to simply drop it because users don’t like any of it. They’re simply going to pivot and come at this shit from a different angle.
BetaBlake@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
No one’s fucking asking for AI except other corporations. It’s a very industry based circle jerk, consumers don’t give a fuck though.
hector@lemmy.today 8 hours ago
No you didn’t win, they are rebranding their enshitification and tweaking it, it will end in the same spot. Just like minneapolis “won” in getting the feds to somewhat back off of summary executions of citizens under false pretense for the moment. No one was charged, the state is deferring to the feds as if the 10th amendment didn’t make it their duty to prosecute crimes whose precedent would allow federal agents to summarily execute a governor under similar false pretense, contrived altercation, and get away scot free. Or a county prosecutor.
Quexotic@infosec.pub 7 hours ago
Still planning time to test zorin on my machine along with mint and lubuntu.
DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth 12 hours ago
I won when I installed Linux.
Redtrax@lemmy.ml 7 hours ago
Apart from using windows at work, it’s considered dead to me.
Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 10 hours ago
This is Linux territory MS, take your pedo CEO with you and leave, before we send our trans-hackers army after you.
frongt@lemmy.zip 9 hours ago
The CEO is Satya Nadella
hornedfiend@piefed.social 7 hours ago
“rethinking Recall”… again. Doesn’t Microslop understand anything?
skozzii@lemmy.ca 1 hour ago
Too late.
goatinspace@feddit.org 1 hour ago
Major shit
shift