cm0002@lemmy.world to Enshittification@lemmy.world · 1 month agoAfter 40 years of being free Microsoft has added a paywall to Notepadwww.tweaktown.comexternal-linkmessage-square130fedilinkarrow-up1389arrow-down150cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldenshitification@slrpnk.net
arrow-up1339arrow-down1external-linkAfter 40 years of being free Microsoft has added a paywall to Notepadwww.tweaktown.comcm0002@lemmy.world to Enshittification@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square130fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldenshitification@slrpnk.net
minus-squareCyborganism@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up16·1 month agoWhy the hell would I need cloud AI functionality to edit basic txt files???
minus-squaremsage@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month agoVCs put a lot of money into AI, and they won’t hesitate to kill you to make sure they get their money back.
minus-squaremasterspace@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·1 month agoIf you don’t have a computer that can run a local AI model and want to use any of their text editing features?
minus-squareCyborganism@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month agoGlad I switched to 100% Linux. I’m using Vim now. LoL
minus-squaremasterspace@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·1 month agoWho cares? I use VSCodium. It’s like VIm but doesn’t limit itself to interfaces you can express via the command line.
minus-squareleftzero@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-21 month agoWhy would anyone want those features in fucking notepad of all places? They’re absolutely useless when editing .txt, .ini, .bat, or .cmd files, which is what notepad is for. Put them into Word, if you want that crap!
minus-squarebizarroland@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down4·1 month agoAssholes and idiots, aka Microsoft’s core consumers
Why the hell would I need cloud AI functionality to edit basic txt files???
VCs put a lot of money into AI, and they won’t hesitate to kill you to make sure they get their money back.
If you don’t have a computer that can run a local AI model and want to use any of their text editing features?
Glad I switched to 100% Linux.
I’m using Vim now. LoL
Who cares? I use VSCodium. It’s like VIm but doesn’t limit itself to interfaces you can express via the command line.
Why would anyone want those features in fucking notepad of all places?
They’re absolutely useless when editing .txt, .ini, .bat, or .cmd files, which is what notepad is for.
Put them into Word, if you want that crap!
Assholes and idiots, aka Microsoft’s core consumers