boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoNot even poor Notepad is safe from Microsoft's AI obsessionwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square66fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-square4am@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoSometimes, programs just need to be simple. Put that AI shit in Word, notepad is supposed to be a plain text editor and it did so quite well. “Do one thing and do it very well” - Unix philosophy
minus-squareKogasa@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoWindows has never even slightly pretended to follow that guideline
Sometimes, programs just need to be simple.
Put that AI shit in Word, notepad is supposed to be a plain text editor and it did so quite well.
“Do one thing and do it very well” - Unix philosophy
Windows has never even slightly pretended to follow that guideline
And that’s why it’s awful