They will do it with ma office, although you can use cracked version.
I use linux but I just checked on my windows 11 vm, the paywall is for AI copilot stuff not the core functionality of the app at all.
Wow what an overdramatic headline then, I mean at this level it's not even clickbait it's straight up lies.
And this is why Windows is always the laughing stock. Use Notepad++ for Windows, or literally anything you want (including a fork of N++ called "Notepad qq") on Linux.
The article says it's to enable some AI rewrite shit. So basically if you want normal functionality, everything is normal. If you want something they are investing billions of dollars into for reasons unknown to modify your text, you have to pay them.
It actually sounds reasonable. Want this expensive shit? Pay for it. No? Don't.
Dammit! I love notebook. Truly I didn't know it was Microsoft.
The first thing I do when setting up new Windows environments (for work) is to install Notepad++. Fuck Microsoft.
good cause literally anything else is better than notepad so if this pushes people to download literally anything else instead it's a good development
hopefully linux.
This is why they got rid of WordPad.
And no, I don't want AI crap in my basic note-taking app.
I have been a Notepad ++ user for years. I sometimes forget that the Microsoft Notepad even exists.
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Will you need a subscription to turn-off the computer now?
I imagine adding a fine to using the psu switch would make it truly the year of linux.
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At this point anyone that voluntary uses windows is just braindead. I love Linux but if you don't wanna use that then even Mac is better than that... For now
Just to clarify, when you say voluntarily does that except people who need specific programs that just can't be used on Linux? Because it would in my mind.
I disagree, VR, simflight, good cad software, archicad (or if you are somehow deep in stockholm syndrome) adobe need windows. Also smaller stuff like race datalogger data analysis program doesn't exist on linux. Linux does not have enough users to have solutions for everything. Yet. For kernel AC games, they are bad rehashes anyway and there's 20 alternative games for each that are better.
Did you mean to suggest that Mac is better than Linux? In what way?
They meant better than what MS is doing. Basically Linux would be choice one, but failing that get a Mac. Until they go the same direction.
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Gotcha. Thanks for clarifying.
If you buy a mac, you just prepaid the subscription fee in the hardware price. Then they hook you into an environment where you have to pay it for every new device.
I'd argue buying a PC you have to opt in to subscriptions, buying a Mac you can't opt out.
Are you actually joking
Can't wait for the task manager to get forced AI support that terminates processes automatically, so that they can paywall it, too...
Notepad++.
That is all.
I don't want to get into a text editor war - because these are all good options - but it's definitely also worth giving the "Kate" editor from KDE a go, it's available as a native Windows app from the MS store and everything:
https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9NWMW7BB59HW
I personally find it considerably nicer to use than Notepad++, and it means I don't have to give up 25 years of muscle memory for keyboard shortcuts when I have to switch to a windows machine.
Also some crazy how, it uses less RAM than Notepad‽ (With no files open, 61 vs 71MB) Not sure what Microsoft are up to, but it's definitely something strange.
This is literally not an example of enshittification and the article is intentionally misleading.
First of all, all of the original Notepad functions are unchanged and still free.
Literally nothing got shittier.
Which is why describing Notepad as getting a paywall is quite frankly flat out disingenuous.
They are adding new, cloud running, AI features to Notepad that are locked behind a paywall. You can not like that for whatever reason, but that's not an example of enshittification. That's an example of them charging for new functionality.
Having ads and bloat does make it shittier. It's like tetris: more tetrinos, lootboxes and MTX don't make tetris better. It makes it worse.
The whole point of notepad is that it's a lightweight minimalist app that makes opening/editing text files as fast as possible while also being robustly reliable because of its simplicity. These are its core features. Adding pop-ups and more advanced features makes it slower to use and more complex, and with more complexity there is more chance for issues. Therefore the key advantages of notepad are shittier-->enshitificstion
Even if you're right, why the fuck add in unnecessary features to a simple word program?
It's not even a simple "word" program - that's what write/WordPad was. Notepad is supposed to be just a bare bones text editor, like for altering an .ini file or writing a website in 1997.
I switched to Linux recently, you can too. It's easy and works well now. No more of this bullshit from Microsoft.
Which version? And for those of us yet to switch, are there any handy guides that you'd recommend?
For new comers Linux Mint is a great out-of-the-box experience. You will find tons of info and guide on youtube, but it's pretty much as simple as installing windows now.
I personally like Fedora and Nobara but the latest sometimes break with updates so you need to handle this.
You can try most distros in a virtual machine before installing, to get a general idea of the look and feels.
It boggles the mind the things MS does to their OS without any apparent shame.
Imaginary money line must go up
The phenomenon of online platforms gradually degrading the quality of their services, often by promoting advertisements and sponsored content, in order to increase profits. (Cory Doctorow, 2022, extracted from Wikitionary) source
We discuss how predatory big tech platforms live and die by luring people in and then decaying for profit.
We also discuss how naturally open technologies like the Fediverse can be susceptible to corporate takeovers, rugpulls and subsequent enshittification.