At the start of the New Year, with no warning, Microsoft gives its flagship productivity app a name change and a huge price increase. Why would the company make this mess? I asked Copilot, who explained it very well.

At the start of the New Year, with no warning, Microsoft gives its flagship productivity app a name change and a huge price increase. Why would the company make this mess? I asked Copilot, who explained it very well.

  • @DaddleDewEnglish
    48•2 days ago

    They’re desperately trying to justify the absurd amounts of money they’ve been sinking into the AI bubble.

    • @[email protected]English
      13•2 days ago

      I’ve never even looked at it that way. I’ve always thought of it as something managers would find to be an ultimate value add.

      They overestimate how impressive their chatbots are and assume they can charge everyone a pretty penny for it. The massive costs are just a means to this end.

      That’s how it’s always looked to me anyway.