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0 pointsFervicus29d ago0 comments

Stopped using notepad when they added co-pilot. Stop shoving AI down our throats.

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Just disable Copilot?

Please show us the magic Windows settings that would disable Copilot everywhere.

At a certain point I used some "windows 11 debloat script" and I haven't encountered a bit of Copilot or any other AI nonsense anywhere in Windows since.

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p_ing29d ago

Are we so uncurious that we can’t even look in notepad settings?

I’d expect better from an HN user.

jmclnx29d ago

simple, replace Windows with Linux or a BSD :)

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munk-a29d ago

At this point I'll just switch vendors.

I don't have the bandwidth to babysit all the different ways MSFT tries to break tools to bother using them.

bigyabai29d ago

Yep, same as the "just disable notifications asking you to Try the New Safari!" contingency.

Defaults should not be offensive. If you try to kill me with papercuts, I will stop using your software and never look back.

dietr1ch29d ago

Just disable recall, copilot, ai, intrusive cookies, ads.

It's not fine just because you sneak a button to (temporarily) get rid of it. Just make features worth enabling instead.

beart29d ago

In my experience, most of these features are just turned back on after a Windows update.

Thanemate29d ago

What happened to "just enable X if you need it"? Why are we always okay with every new thing being enabled by default?

Is it because the average person isn't as tech savvy as most (if not all) HN readers to know any better, and those companies want the headcount of usage to look high to please stakeholders?

Enshittification at its finest stink.

p_ing29d ago

Where have you been for the past umpteenth years of computing where even in the Linux kernel stuff is enabled by default, let alone userland applications.

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jajuuka29d ago

Here's an even crazier idea, don't click the Copilot button. WHOA.

inetknght29d ago

Easiest way to do that is to not have the Copilot button at all.

Easiest way to do that is to use Linux instead.

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p_ing29d ago

Just disable Copilot?

miroljub29d ago

Please show us the magic Windows settings that would disable Copilot everywhere.

bool3max29d ago

At a certain point I used some "windows 11 debloat script" and I haven't encountered a bit of Copilot or any other AI nonsense anywhere in Windows since.

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p_ing29d ago

Are we so uncurious that we can’t even look in notepad settings?

I’d expect better from an HN user.

jmclnx29d ago

simple, replace Windows with Linux or a BSD :)

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munk-a29d ago

At this point I'll just switch vendors.

I don't have the bandwidth to babysit all the different ways MSFT tries to break tools to bother using them.

bigyabai29d ago

Yep, same as the "just disable notifications asking you to Try the New Safari!" contingency.

Defaults should not be offensive. If you try to kill me with papercuts, I will stop using your software and never look back.

dietr1ch29d ago

Just disable recall, copilot, ai, intrusive cookies, ads.

It's not fine just because you sneak a button to (temporarily) get rid of it. Just make features worth enabling instead.

beart29d ago

In my experience, most of these features are just turned back on after a Windows update.

Thanemate29d ago

What happened to "just enable X if you need it"? Why are we always okay with every new thing being enabled by default?

Is it because the average person isn't as tech savvy as most (if not all) HN readers to know any better, and those companies want the headcount of usage to look high to please stakeholders?

Enshittification at its finest stink.

p_ing29d ago

Where have you been for the past umpteenth years of computing where even in the Linux kernel stuff is enabled by default, let alone userland applications.

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jajuuka29d ago

Here's an even crazier idea, don't click the Copilot button. WHOA.

inetknght29d ago

Easiest way to do that is to not have the Copilot button at all.

Easiest way to do that is to use Linux instead.

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