Comment by PedroBatista
2 days ago
Microsoft doing Microsoft things, even with all those fresh coats of "open source" paint they bathe themselves in the last decade they really can't change their DNA.
Expect the amount of f*ckery to increase as the AI realities set in but the number has to go up either way.
It reminds me of the good old days of Visual Studio + .NET + SQL Server where they played these games too.
This made me laugh a bit as I remembered people saying “Oh we have Nadella now, things have changed”. Have they? Have they really?
Windows Recall.
VS Code forcing Copilot.
Windows forcing Copilot.
Office forcing Copilot.
Azure forcing Copilot.
GitHub forcing Copilot.
Outlook forcing Copilot.
Edge forcing Copilot.
You folks are insane.
"Just" some Copilot integration (in the form of chat or smart suggestions) is just the start.
The next major Windows 11 update coming in 2026 will have full agentic AI with full control over your (your?) PC. And it will hard require a pretty recent processor with Neural Processor Unit to make it work (so a lot more e-waste is coming).
I fear for the future.
> And it will hard require a pretty recent processor with Neural Processor Unit to make it work
Am I right to understand that as people don't upgrade their hardware, they're safe from that, right? Sounds like a plus to me.
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You forgot that even poor old notepad.exe also got the Copilot treatment.
Fuck did it really? How on earth does that pan out? Who uses notepad? Writers? Word. Coders? Vim or VSCode or <IDE of choice>. I just don’t understand their logic.
They make this beautiful pasture (Windows XP wallpaper) and then lay mines all over the field. Put up signs that say “Free Lemonade” and charge for parking.
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I've heard Github makes more money from copilot than everything else combined. You can think what you want about the strategy, but it's hard to ignore that.
Easy when it’s forced onto every enterprise agreement and enabled by default in every vs code. C’mon man. You’re smarter than this.
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There is not Copilot, only Zuul.
I’m not sure why people are surprised. If you watch Nadella interviews, he tells you what he thinks and where he wants to take the company.
He touts AI, services, agentic copilot, and all the other stuff customers are railing against.
Some Windows manager got crucified on X recently for an enthusiastic tweet about turning Windows into an agentic OS. People called for this persons firing. But, this was straight out of Nadella’s playbook.
Windows users are not customers. Businesses are. Tech conglomerates and everyone adjacent are going for the big money, it's what everyone is doing , it really is a fantastic world devoid of anything but ROI numbers. The fastest way to get rich or die trying, gangstas got nothing on these cats.
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The bit that really annoyed me: you can't even remove the Copilot button from the Office ribbon any more. Microsoft simply have hidden the option in the Ribbon customisation settings.
Even though I don't use it, and have disabled as much Copilot functionality as Microsoft will let me.
I can't wait for this AI bubble to burst.
This piece of news follows that of Copilot being added in an "update" to LG TVs with no option to disable or opt out.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46268844
It's a crime what LG did to webOS. Somehow they turned something great into one of the worst smart TV experiences on the market.
Simple, do not purchase LG TV.
They’re fantastic imo. Don’t connect to them to the internet.
I have a C8 from LG, and I'm so happy with it after so many years, works wonderfully as a dumb panel, and a great panel at that. I wonder if it's impossible to use the newer ones like that. Anyone has any experience? Asking because our neighbors want the same great "tv".
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I'm already not buying Samsung devices, I'll run out of choices soon.
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I did this without researching enough and it its the worst ui experience going
Or their washing machines.
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It’s funny, I never connected my G5 to the network or accepted any of the optional T&Cs, so there’s now numerous places in the UI that say “accept terms to see personalised content”.
Uhhh no? I’m good thanks