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Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago

Windows users don't want copilot on their taskbar

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Windows users don't want copilot on their taskbar

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Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago
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Windows users don’t want Copilot on their taskbar; they want it in the bin.
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“Get it the **** off my system” and “in the trash where it belongs” were common refrains as users voiced their displeasure at having Copilot forced upon them. Numerous reports emerged of people imm…
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    They were doing ok. But the github thing and the 11 thing and the edging and now this - I can’t wait to buy a machine that can run windows virtualised. I need it for my work apps, but this virt thing has been a dream of mine for a long time. Compartmentalization

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      How do YOU edge?

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        Microsoft edges me.

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        Step one: start Chroming. Eventually you get so high (kill enough brain cells) that you chrome with blue paint instead. That is called Edging.

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      github thing?

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        Yeah, what happened with GitHub?

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          They bought it and fed it into copilot. My guess what they mean.

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          Maybe they’re upset that you need an account to use some of the search features?

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        Bought github, doing shitty ai crap with it etc, forcing logins

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      I hated them since Windows 8. Ughh. Was the year of my Linux desktop. I still keep a Win7, WinXP and DOS/Win98 machine around but that’s it for me.

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