Used only in cases where everything else is not readily available... Pencil, pen, blood, boogers etc. But the most easily replaceable piece of software. Literally you could just paste into a browser's URL box to do the same job. Lol. There must be some dumb fuck heading Microsoft right now.

And around 20 years ago I did go all-in Linux.

I wouldn’t be surprised if Apple does something like this too at some point in the future

So... who wants to bet that the new version of Notepad is not constantly scraping anything you type into it and feeding it into the AI, regardless of whether you're paying for this feature or not?

Fine. Notepad++ is better anyway

[obligatory linux boast] I really prefer Kate to Notepad because KDE makes superior, non AI encrusted software that actually works for it's users. And it's FREE!

the news is more that they are trying to shoehorn AI in effing Notepad to make sure even those little snippets of text can be used for training

The age of Notepad having a paywall has arrived, with the simple writing software now prompting users to sign into a Microsoft account to access new tools such as Rewrite, a new feature that uses artificial intelligence to rewrite highlighted text.

It should be noted that you can still use Notepad without a Microsoft account, and users can go as far as removing the Rewrite icon completely from Notepad.

Ragebait. Notepad is still free. If you want to use Rewrite, then you pay for that.

isn't the paywall for notepad buying windows and a computer?

Fuck Ai. I just want Notepad to edit the most basic text. Why the fuck would I need fucking Ai bullshit in it? To rewrite what? INI game files? Hosts file?

Could MS suck any worse? It’s like they want people to not use their products. Capitalism is the ouroboros.