Microsoft isn't removing Copilot from Windows 11, it's just renaming it
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Microsoft begins removing Copilot labels in Windows 11 apps, but AI tools stay, leaving users feeling misled rather than satisfied.
  • XLE@piefed.socialEnglish
    6 hours

    This article mentions Microsoft’s announcement in early 2026 to start fixing genuine Windows issues, and every single update to this announcement is effectively “and that was a lie.” Updates have gotten worse not better, and hiding AI features out of shame is just creating a bigger problem.

    Funny they’re taking a page out of the Mozilla playbook here, when they renamed the ill-planned “AI Window” to “Smart Window.”

  • gokayburuc@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6 hours

    We weren’t expecting anything else anyway. Now they’ve come up with this licensing problem too.They have a proposal that would require all AI agents to operate under license.This way, they’re trying to eliminate other developers from the system even during the development phase.These are qualified sons of bitches.A horde of creatures capable of any despicable act to create a monopoly.

    Here is the news: https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-executive-suggests-ai-agents-buy-software-licenses-seats-2026-4

    • HubertManne@piefed.socialEnglish
      4 hours

      likely part of it is to make their ai more affordable as presumably it comes with a license.

  • yeehaw@lemmy.caEnglish
    19 hours

    Ah yes. How’s internet explorer - I mean edge doing?

    Get that people don’t like the way you do things and what you make, and rethink that angle. Renaming things won’t change anything. If you can’t succeed forking chrome, look inward lol.

    • Eggyhead@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7 hours

      It’s like they’re so corporate-plagued over there that the extent of their innovation is to buy other companies, rebrand things, and sell subscriptions to stuff. Microsoft HQ is like Dunder Mifflin of the 2020s

    • terabyterex@lemmy.worldEnglish
      17 hours

      I’m sorry bit edge is a better chrome, hands down. It performs better and had better pdf handling. I am sure there is more but there is no way in which chrome is better.

      Now both suck on a privacy front and i use vivaldi but when you compare edge to chrome, edge wins.

        • terabyterex@lemmy.worldEnglish
          6 hours

          The web seems designed for chrome browsers. Also, I love the customization. But i am new to it.if there is a privacy concern, i would like to know.

          To be honest, i have been eyeing librewolf over firefox. I just really do love Vivaldi’s interface and customization

  • earthworm@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    20 hours

    Microsoft seems to have stripped away mentions of the “Copilot” brand in the Windows Insider version of the Notepad app. The Copilot button in the toolbar is gone, and instead, you’ll find a writing icon which will present you AI-powered writing assistance, such as rewrite, summarize, tone modification, format configuration, and more. Additionally, “AI features” in Notepad settings has been renamed to “Advanced features” and it allows users to toggle off AI capabilities within the app.

  • Singletona082@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22 hours

    that’s nice. I’m still going to rip windows 11 out in favor of linux on my next computer.

    • witness_me@lemmy.mlEnglish
      20 hours

      You could do it on your current one. No reason to wait. I’m going strong with Linux as my primary OS for 3 years.

      • Singletona082@lemmy.worldEnglish
        18 hours

        I’m on an off lease office box that is almost old enough to vote.

        Linux is why this thing is even marginally useful.

        • witness_me@lemmy.mlEnglish
          7 hours

          That’s so great that a computer that old is usable instead of being binned.

          • Singletona082@lemmy.worldEnglish
            6 hours

            Prescicely.

            Does it do the latest and greatest? No. Am I wholly happy with it? No.

            However it works. that is the important part.

    • unitedwithme@lemmy.todayEnglish
      21 hours

      Dual boot your current one so you have a choice to learn Linux at your own pace! Still have w11 for a fall back just on case.

      • ryphez@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7 hours

        How hard is it to dual boot it? I’m about to pull the trigger, just need an evening free to do it

        • village604@adultswim.fanEnglish
          4 hours

          Not hard at all. If you install Windows first, the Linux install should add a windows entry to the bootloader splash screen.

          If you do it the other way, you have to do a lot more work to get them to play nice.

      • Singletona082@lemmy.worldEnglish
        18 hours

        I’m on something that runs a haswell era chip. Linux is why this thing is still running and the reaper can have it when he punches me in the face to take it from me.

        • unitedwithme@lemmy.todayEnglish
          18 hours

          Remind me, is that 5th or 4th gen Intel? I’m thinking 5th, I seem to remember haswell-E (extreme) half gen coming out, which is why I’m stuck… but either way that’s awesome! Coming up on 12 years solid! Just retired my 3rd gen and opted to take my 7th gen daily driver and replace that machine, and make a 12th the new daily. Last year, so prices were a bit better. Didn’t have a use for that 3770K though anymore unfortunately.

      • orclev@lemmy.worldEnglish
        19 hours

        I did that with Windows 10. I still have that partition but I haven’t booted it in years. I’ll probably overwrite it with something more useful one of these days.

  • brsrklf@jlai.luEnglish
    16 hours

    It’s no use. You can always try to hide it, we might have slightly fewer opportunities to use “slopilot” but we can still default to “microslop”.

  • Calabast@lemmy.mlEnglish
    23 hours

    Haven’t they done enough data collection yet where they just know who hates all this crap? It’s not the way it should be, but I can’t say I’d be mad if they just flagged any operating system I installed and said “this guy just wants a local user with no cloud service ads in his face all the time”

    • hume_lemmy@lemmy.caEnglish
      4 hours

      this guy just wants a local user with no cloud service ads in his face all the time

      Yeah, but that’s not what the shareholders want, so they don’t give a shit.

    • marighost@piefed.socialEnglish
      22 hours

      They need everyone to embrace it because they need to justify the insane amounts of money they’ve sunk into this stupid bullshit.

  • yardratianSoma@lemmy.caEnglish
    22 hours

    Microslop - since 2014, initiating slow but controlled flight into terrain!

    • yeehaw@lemmy.caEnglish
      19 hours

      You must be like a priest or something. Or laborer. Or unemployed.

      • FaygoRedPop@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10 hours

        People keep complaining, but you’ve got a choice. You don’t have to use it.

          • FaygoRedPop@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3 hours

            Oh, sorry. I didn’t know you were enslaved and had no choice in where you work. I apologize.