TBH I have a mixed feeling about this.

    • Human Crayon
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      I did this the moment they dropped copilot on my taskbar without any prompting. It was my gaming machine so it took a little getting used to, but it’s been solid ever since.

      I did not ask for an AI chatbot in my os. I don’t want an AI chatbot in my os.

      • FaceDeer
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        You could go to Settings -> Personalization -> Taskbar and turn the Copilot button off. Or you could install a whole new OS to accomplish that, I guess. Whichever is simpler.

        • Human Crayon
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          I over reacted and took the Linux route. It wasn’t just one thing that prompted the change, but copilot was the icing on the cake.

          I’ve been unhappy with windows for a few years, but it’s always been easier to ignore it and continue on. Something in me must have snapped about the same time a few guys at work were talking about gaming on Linux. Worked out well for me, might not work best for everyone.

          • @[email protected]
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            I don’t think it’s an overreaction - you have a line, and when it was crossed you switched.

    • umami_wasabiOP
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      I’m dual booting my laptop and most of the time I stay using Linux. There just no point using Windows except some specific tasks.

    • @sheogorath
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      I tried doing this the other day. Due to my current GPU (3080) it was too many hoops to jump through just to play a game. I don’t want to spend time configuring my setup to make the game run in the little amount of free time that I have ಥ⁠‿⁠ಥ

      Although the system is very efficient I’ve decided to move my side project to be on Linux, making my Windows install to be purely for gaming. I was using WSL previously with a Mac for my day job.

      Maybe if I switched to an AMD GPU I’ll do a proper Linux gaming setup.

    • @[email protected]
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      More useful than the thing I know my heard people talking about disabling? Wow, what a time to be alive!

    • @jaybone
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      More useful at collecting your data.

  • @[email protected]
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    Microsoft is doing a really good job convincing me to switch to Linux. Hopefully soon that will be a realistic possibility for me. Fuck Microsoft.

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    Bing chat sensors it’s output so much

    • @tourist
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      And the “personality” they gave it annoyed me far more than any human ever has.

  • NutWrench
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    What the heck IS Copilot?

    I hate articles that tell you, "Blorp is amazing! Blorp is coming out in 3 days! Everybody should have Blorp! Don’t miss out on Blorp!’

  • sylver_dragon
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    Oh goodie, now we can get the best of both clippy and Microsoft’s Nazi chatbot, right on our desktop!

    “It looks like you’re trying to get some more Lebensraum, would you like some help with that?”
    “No, you stupid thing, I’m just deleting a few files!”

    • FaceDeer
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      That article is from 2016, about an experimental Twitter chatbot that Microsoft tried out and immediately gave up on when it went awry. Clippy is even more ancient. This is ridiculous.

      • sylver_dragon
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        A joke is a lot like a frog, you can learn a lot by dissecting it, but the patient usually dies in the process.

        • FaceDeer
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          It also dies when it’s in an environment it can’t survive in. The textual medium is terrible for sarcasm, especially when you’re using it alongside people who are serious about hating on Microsoft for weird reasons. You need to mark it with an /s

    • Dandroid
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      It appears you are angry with me. Do you want me to explain how great I am?