Good
Hopefully the rest of the industry takes note too
You won: Microsoft is walking back Windows 11’s AI overload — scaling down Copilot and rethinking Recall in a major shift
Submitted 1 month ago by baatliwala@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
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9point6@lemmy.world 1 month ago
JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 month ago
Too late! That and requiring TPM and SecureBoot made me switch. I love it.
dantheclamman@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It would be nice if they change the Office app back to its old name, rather than M365 Copilot or whatever insane nonsense they picked. They should also review their corporate culture, and how the way they set performance rewards leads to insane unintended consequences across the company. It would also be nice if they reviewed their coercive
ilinamorato@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Office has been Microsoft 365 for five years now. They added “Copilot” to the name at some point last year, but it’s been M365 for a while.
Jankatarch@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Tbf 5 years ago is 2021 and even back then I remember disliking most of Microsoft’s decisions.
Quexotic@infosec.pub 1 month ago
Still planning time to test zorin on my machine along with mint and lubuntu.
innermachine@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I didn’t love zorin if I’m honest. Felt like mint but worse? Don’t take my word for it but I’m surprised to see it recommended so frequently. Been thinking of trying catchy soon as I’ve seen it mentioned a lot lately and haven’t been on a good distro hop in a minute
Quexotic@infosec.pub 1 month ago
Thanks, I’ll keep that in mind. I’ve been using lubuntu an a bunch of old laptops for ages. I’m definitely a fan, but am not sure about its support of my hardware. Much testing is needed. I’ve got to make some time for the task.
Redtrax@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Apart from using windows at work, it’s considered dead to me.
UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
“Are you really staying off windows for good?”
Yes | Remind Me Later
Gsus4@mander.xyz 1 month ago
Ok, so no Macroslop, just Microslop then.
iamthetot@piefed.ca 1 month ago
Won’t be switching back to Windows any time soon.
PixeIOrange@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I bet they turn this into even more AI
innkeeper@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Yeah so they will run all of it under the hood just hidden from users without possibility to opt out. Just wait few months.
FreddiesLantern@leminal.space 1 month ago
Goddamn, the line stopped going upwards didn’t it? Can’t have that.
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Consumers cannot trust Microslop.
If you haven’t already, download and keep O&O ShutUp on your PC if you’re having to use Windows and run it regularly, because Windows updates will roll back any changes you’ve made to its invasive settings. It will also help you delete Copilot off your PC.
Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Any remnant of Copilot left anywhere on the operating system is still a loss for the user and their privacy. Microsoft still wants user data, so they’re not going to be getting rid of Copilot any time soon.
sturmblast@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I love all the Linux folks that can’t ignore a single windows news article :)
Digit@lemmy.wtf 1 month ago
It’s the freedom, not the Linux.
sturmblast@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I would hope so.
m3t00@lemmy.world 1 month ago
too late. saw win95 and ran
Honytawk@feddit.nl 1 month ago
Like, even if they do listen to the community, it still isn’t good enough for the Linux shills on here.
God, the Linux community is so uptight. It really doesn’t do FOSS any favour acting like this.
It would be less bad if they could all agree to one recommended distro, but even that is an impossibility.
absentbird@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Your problem with the Linux community is that there’s a lot of options? I cannot understand how that’s a bad thing. If there was only one distro it would be the same as now, but with less diversity.
The reason this isn’t good enough is that it’s a shallow capitulation by a company still massively over invested in AI. Nobody believes Microsoft is actually going to give up on shoving AI down people’s throats, they’re just gonna be more subtle about it now.
fluxx@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I’d say too fucking late. Those who have had problems have already left. And the rest can’t, for whatever reason. So walking back won’t bring those who left back. Or even if some do come back, they’ll leave on the first sign of shenanigans, cause now they know they have a choice and that it is doable.
nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
oh so Windows is good now?
IMALlama@lemmy.world 1 month ago
As someone with a foot in Windows and Mac, they both suck for different reasons and you’re trading pain in one for pain in the other.
Windows sucks because of all the stupid one drive and AI garbage. No, I don’t want my desktop and tons of other directories in one drive, stop asking me. The constant migration of settings out of control panel is maddening. Windows 10 end of life is fine, but cutting off older PCs from windows 11 for “reasons” was an absolutely horrible choice.
Mac is fine if you do super basic computing, but if you want to do much of anything it’s very annoying out of the box. Window management is annoying unless you get an app like magnet, the ribbon can’t be displayed on dual monitors and there’s no way of fixing the primary monitor, keyboard shortcuts are inconsistent across applications like command delete and keyboard shortcuts in general suck (command + shift + 3-5), the OS greatly dislikes network storage, etc etc. Macs were somewhat isolated from marketing needing a “new” OS every year until recently. Now they’re in the change for the sake of things to list on the new OS page trap.
Linux isn’t without fault, but my experience has been much more pleasant.
ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Linux has been the best option for 20 years. At least 10 years even for grandmas.
sommerset@thelemmy.club 1 month ago
No.
CentipedeFarrier@piefed.social 1 month ago
The only windows pc I still have is my laptop, which has touchscreen and fingerprint scanner. I’m sure both of those things can be worked around (most distros seem capable of touch support at any rate) but I genuinely don’t know what I’m doing trying to make that happen so it stays for now. I use it for one and only one task, so it’s not the absolute worst but I’d like to be rid of it anyway because omfg why does it need updates every single time I go to use it??
My other three computers are on Ubuntu (gasp the horrors!) It’s what I started with back in 2018, and Debian is the only base I actually know any commands for even if it isn’t very many. Plus it’s stable and does what I want out of the box. Except it didn’t register the finger print scanner when I tried. Maybe it would with a bunch of tweaking, idk.
electronVolt@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
I use Mint on my laptops and I know it is not for everyone, but I started with Debian stable on my gaming desktop with an ARC B580 and upgraded the kernel, installed drivers, and added packages one at a time so I could see the difference. Debian stable on my server for many years, so I have some experience.
Sarothazrom@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I’m gonna end microsoft as a company if I can’t get my Realms world back that they claim is “past its extension.”
SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 1 month ago
I mean… it wasn’t exactly difficult to predict this outcome. How many of their employees actually found it useful outside of the C-suite (where they thought it was fantastic because it bullshits just like they do)?