@cm0002 to Enshittification • 2 days agoAfter 40 years of being free Microsoft has added a paywall to Notepadwww.tweaktown.comexternal-linkmessage-square110arrow-up1345arrow-down125cross-posted to: technology[email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1320arrow-down1external-linkAfter 40 years of being free Microsoft has added a paywall to Notepadwww.tweaktown.com@cm0002 to Enshittification • 2 days agomessage-square110cross-posted to: technology[email protected][email protected]
minus-squareCyborganismlinkfedilink14•1 day agoWhy the hell would I need cloud AI functionality to edit basic txt files???
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•1 day 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•1 day 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•edit-221 hours 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•1 day agoWho cares? I use VSCodium. It’s like VIm but doesn’t limit itself to interfaces you can express via the command line.
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?
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!
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.
Assholes and idiots, aka Microsoft’s core consumers