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Users brutually reject Microsoft's "Copilot for work" in Edge and Windows 11

80 points by robtherobber

by powerclue

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Microsoft's decision to push ai features into their OS got me to remove windows and install Linux this year. After gaming on windows pcs for 30 years, I'm now gaming on Linux and honestly, couldn't be happier.

by browningstreet

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My big company is all in on Copilot. So far it’s actually been a net plus. I like it and it makes my life easier. That said, when offered a PC or Mac I chose the Mac, because Recall. And all the Microsoft shenanigans on my home PC made me switch to Linux permanently.
If Windows at home ran like Windows does on corporate PCs, people would like it better. They’re biffing that hard.

by stop50

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I am so happy that my current employer is farther on its way to deploy Linux on the desktop than deploying windows 11.

by bn-l

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by conartist6

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Alienate the people who carry your water, end up in the dumpster with the rest of the trash.
Why? Cause those are the people who know you better than you know yourself, and who know how to beat you at your own game

by solumunus

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Uninstalled Windows for Ubuntu a few months ago and never looked back. The constant coercion to get you to use their shitty products is unbearable. I want my operating system to get out of my way and let me work.

by jdietrich

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Users have "brutally rejected" pretty much everything that Microsoft have done since MS-DOS. Some cohort of users will get incredibly angry about any conceivable change to mature software. Add in the people who passionately hate anything AI-adjacent and you've got a recipe for a social media firestorm that probably doesn't accurately reflect the sentiment of the average user.
Personally, I think that Copilot for Work is a good product that does useful things. I use it daily. It isn't particularly groundbreaking, but it's nicely integrated with the wider 365 ecosystem and it has saved me a bunch of time on tedious tasks. The usual LLM caveats apply, but I just don't get why someone would be so annoyed by an entirely optional feature.