Windows users don’t want Copilot on their taskbar; they want it in the bin.
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“Get it the **** off my system” and “in the trash where it belongs” were common refrains as users voiced their displeasure at having Copilot forced upon them. Numerous reports emerged of people imm…
    • morrowind@lemmy.ml
      15·
      2 years ago

      For the average user this is like a minor annoyance like once a month. Not worth switching OS’s over.

      • blind3rdeye@lemm.ee
        15·
        2 years ago

        Yeah, it’s a minor annoyance… another minor annoyance on top of all the others. And another personal data leak (or siphon) to go with all the others.

        This on its own is not worth switching OSs for - but as a piece of a larger picture it’s yet another reason to consider it. And for some people this may be what tips the scales in their evaluation.

        • drcabbage@lemmy.ml
          7·
          2 years ago

          It’s a boil the frog scenario. Windows users will always cope with more and more shit thrown at them.

      • cooopsspace@infosec.pubEnglish
        10·
        2 years ago

        There’s been tens of dozens of annoyances over the last decade.

        Literally not even boiling the frog at this point, the frog is fried.

        • tias@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
          2·
          2 years ago

          And I don’t see why Arch is relevant to the discussion. My point is that software being non-proprietary is not a guarantee for preventing fuckery like Microsoft’s. Profit-maximizing companies will maximize their profits, proprietary software or not. Canonical, which sells a non-proprietary Linux distribution, is an example of this.