cm0002@lemmy.world to Enshittification@lemmy.world · 2 months 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 · 2 months agomessage-square130fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldenshitification@slrpnk.net
minus-squareCyborganism@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up16·2 months agoWhy the hell would I need cloud AI functionality to edit basic txt files???
minus-squaremsage@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months 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-down2·2 months 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-up6·2 months agoGlad I switched to 100% Linux. I’m using Vim now. LoL
minus-squaremasterspace@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·2 months 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-22 months 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-down4·2 months 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