nixCraft 🐧This should be illegal. Microsoft Is Forcing Its AI Assistant on People—And Making Them Pay https://www.msn.com/en-us/technology/tech-companies/microsoft-is-forcing-its-ai-assistant-on-people-and-making-them-pay/ar-AA1wvWTb The Copilot is based on OpenAI. I believe it is time to take Microsoft to court for unauthorized use of others' work as well. They abuse their dominance on desktops and in office spaces. Just like Google, they need to be split into 100 parts and punished deeply for beaching everyone else privacy by stealing customers' data to train their shity AI.
libreware sniffer@nixCraft on another note, this article is hosted on MSN which is own directly by Microsoft...
Ciencia Al Poder@tengkuizdihar @nixCraft it's from the Wall Street Journal, but embedded in msn as a news reader/aggregator. Still amazing to see it on a m$ website 😁
Panic In The Darkroom@nixCraft they should be heavily punished, sold, and the board and management sent to jail instead. They were already forced before to split due to monopolistic and anti-competitive practices. Since none of the lot seems to care, scrap the company so they can't do it again, and send a bunch of them to jail. Management, because they did illegal stuff. Board because they closed their eyes to this, when they knew the company already did this before. Shareholders didn't technically do anything wrong. But they're okay with criminal behaviour as long as they get their dividends, so I don't think they should complain much either if they get only scraps.
I know it's not black and white like that, but for the most part it's very clear that this is at the bottom of it.
But that's almost utopia thinking, nothing will ever happen.
Alextechlabs@nixCraft After multiple failed attempts to move to Linux for my personal PC, with M$ trying to shove copilot down my throat, it motivated me to make Linux work for my personal use case. I’ve successfully moved to Linux 3 weeks ago. I had been using Linux for my work servers for ages, but on the desktop I always had a few things that made me want to go back to windows. Not anymore. Thank you M$ for pushing me to switch because of your anti-customer crap.
Rob@nixCraft (Not)A.I should be banned, and their data centres fed to a large microwave...
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fediverse@robchapman @nixCraft are we able to find a non m$ reference for this? ideally a non-CAGeMAFIA reference actually. that would b great.
astra0081.@nixCraft Just don't use windows :)
Lee@nixCraft The people affected by this chose MS products. There are alternatives and there are also ways to disable or reduce Copilot's presence on a system. I don't use Windows except a VM I use for running iTunes to buy music from Apple because they have a great music catalogue.
I fookin' hate Kia due to a long ago bad experience, but I don't support prosecuting their leaders. I just won't ever buy their janky cars. I also won't buy another computer with Windows for the same reason.
@tzudad @nixCraft that’s a bit of assuming. When your school hands you a laptop you don’t get to pick what’s on it, same thing with the vast majority of employers. That’s not even including the technically regressed individuals that just won’t be able to use an unintuitive interface. A large chunk of PC’s don’t get updated because the owner wanted to push it off until later but shut off updates completely. If you can’t walk into Walmart and buy one with it on it already it’s not a real option.
@passwordsarehard4 @nixCraft There isn’t a single OS that suits everyone. At a minimum, you can switch your MS overlord for Apple. I prefer being in control over my computers and use many open source tools, but I also use commercial software and devices. My mother-in-law ran Linux Mint for her last 5 years and was happy despite not having tech skills. Why? Windows was too complicated and her things changed without warning due to updates. Open your mind and you'll find viable options.
a1@nixCraft I have stopped using Linkedin (owned by MSFT) because they encourage everyone with a specialty to write short articles on a topic in order to feed their AI. And they steal everything you publish, too. I stopped using the site as it is asking an arm and a leg for a business account, yet still waste one's time with paid for ads like a 100 times a day, mess up the timeline with unwanted content and hide the creators I am trying to follow. Enshittification squared, by any standard
mancas@nixCraft Taking Open Source projects to train AI, so AI is Open source.
OsamaSalah
Microsoft Bundling Practices Focus of Federal Antitrust Probe
The Federal Trade Commission has demanded information from Microsoft and interviewed competitors as the agency’s antitrust investigation heats up. The probe follows ProPublica reporting on how the company skirted and potentially violated federal law.
Laura "Tegan" Gjovaag ⛈ 🐸@nixCraft
My move to LINUX couldn't have been smoother, and it's clear it was long overdue.
I resisted for a long time because I was afraid of the tech requirements for a number of programs that I use daily. So far, only one has been an issue, and I was able to workaround that.
But it's hard to make the jump. I think that's what MS is relying on. Inertia on the part of consumers.
If they keep forcing unwanted crap on consumers, inertia might not be enough to keep their audience.
Jon Quass@nixCraft time to switch to 'nix
Andrew BartlettThey, if you threaten to cancel, offer the old pricing: https://www.consumer.org.nz/articles/you-don-t-have-to-pay-the-microsoft-365-price-increase
But not on any public price sheet!
gavinisdie 
@nixCraft Microsoft should be completely dissolved, bot broken into smaller peices
Lag@nixCraft How I can remove all copilot from vscodium?
Grendel@nixCraft
Wow, what an insane level of delusion.
They try to hype everyone up on how great their AI is, but then they have to literally force it on people to make money.
Phone companies didn't have to force internet on customers. Great products have great demand. This is a key signal of the impending AI bubble collapse.
Worik@nixCraft you do not have to use their products.
I do not
@HunterXWorld @nixCraft Not to mention the Copilot key on new laptops, which steals the good old Right Ctrl key.