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Kevin BeaumontMicrosoft are removing the Copilot integrations in Notepad, Snipping Tool etc in Windows.
Turns out telling PMs to bake Copilot into everything was a dumb idea.
foo@GossiTheDog Scott Hanselman finally got his message through to the execs
Pauliehedron ✅ 
@GossiTheDog We keep up the pressure until it's removed from Windows.
Allan Chow@GossiTheDog are we at the "we need to focus on outcomes instead of chasing kpis" stage of AI product management
May Likes Toronto@grumpasaurus @GossiTheDog Hahaha that'll never happen. They're probably doing it for cost savings.
@mayintoronto @GossiTheDog i mean let's be real focusing on outcomes just leads to more bikeshedding on which kpis to chase
@grumpasaurus @GossiTheDog Near- to medium-term team-level outcomes only or bust!
Davey@GossiTheDog they think this is them removing the unnecessary ones.
Someone needs to tell them.
Elias Mårtenson@davey_cakes @GossiTheDog I wonder if this means that Word can be usable again. For the last year or so, a copliot icon has been shown next to the current paragraph, and it often obscures the part of the document you're actually working on.
As if all the other copliot icons littered throughout the application was not enough. If I actually wanted to use that feature I would have no problems finding a bigot to do so.
Luke Harby@GossiTheDog Snipping tool
😂😂😂
Mike Spooner@GossiTheDog Hoo-bloody-rrah.
kaaswe@GossiTheDog
Finally one good move
Finally one good move
urig@GossiTheDog too late. Damage already done. My trust in that OS is thoroughly eroded.
Flaming Cheeto@GossiTheDog 25 years ago I was a PM for an analytical app at a large ERP. Word came from on high that every product had to modify sales presentations to include Daily Business Close
We pushed back that anyone trying to generate results from our unit daily is doing it wrong. This was a quarterly or event driven tool for process reengineering
They made us add the boilerplate slide but we filibustered long enough that we never built the integration and the SVPs moved on to the new hotness.
We pushed back that anyone trying to generate results from our unit daily is doing it wrong. This was a quarterly or event driven tool for process reengineering
They made us add the boilerplate slide but we filibustered long enough that we never built the integration and the SVPs moved on to the new hotness.
KBSezMicrosoft has blown it in every possible way for the last 40 years.
The OS has only gotten worse as this shows, they blew it in the phone market, they've blown it in the app arena and if it wasn't for their locked in, 'we have no where to go' customer base they'd be out of business...
Now they're losing most of Europe as they go Linux and dump office and outlook services
Paul Chambers🚧@kbsez Another big blunder was music and media. They screwed up Zune, ruined Media Player.
Oh yeah--- but who can keep track of all of their failures, missteps and total screw ups.
mathew@paul @kbsez @GossiTheDog Don’t forget Xbox. Didn’t make a net profit for decades, finally paid back the sunk costs in time for them to ruin it all with Xbox One. Now they’ve laid off thousands and are publishing games for PlayStation.
Dealiah
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Wouter 🛰️@GossiTheDog
"As part of this, we are reducing unnecessary Copilot entry points"
They should be deleting those entry points one by one until there is only one left: an application called Copilot that is optional and the majority of people won't install.
fuzzyfuzzyfungus@GossiTheDog I'm not sure I entirely believe the "It's not that there's a gnawing hole in the balance sheet that demands sacrifice or a really lame machine cult in the c-suite; it's just that our PMs have failed glorious copilot" excuse for why MS ux what it is.
Neo Ehproque
@iveyline@ehproque @GossiTheDog About time. CoPilot is like having an intruder in your house and life. It's was imposed on us rather we being given a choice. It's very annoying.
Hermannus Stegeman@GossiTheDog hahahahahahaha... oh boy... hahahahaha
So far for the internal checks and balances that got them there in the first place.
I think they fired the wrong employees...
So far for the internal checks and balances that got them there in the first place.
I think they fired the wrong employees...
Karl Baron@GossiTheDog The MacBook Neo comes out and Microsoft instantly shits themselves
NagaramMy last windows PC is around to run lock down browsers for cert exams or online college exams.
Its dying from years of this spyware abuse, and the neo is probably going to be my new spyware patsy
Johnley@GossiTheDog my org broke access to the windows store, so I never got the notepad update with copilot, I only ever got the tabs/“keep your tabs when it closes without saving” features which are fantastic.
Thank god vulnerability management isn’t my job.
Dagnabbit, Pascaline! 💥I never had Copilot in Notepad either. What a profoundly stupid idea to put this in Notepad to begin with. Good to see they take back some AI. I am not reassured yet.
Megaeggz@pascaline @johnley @GossiTheDog I did get the notepad update with copilot and while I totally ignored that I stopped using it anyway because it everytime I opened the app it opened about 20 windows of every txt file ever 😭 notepad++ ftw
Netraven@GossiTheDog just manually edit the registry to disable wsappx service and remove all windows apps, and use classic win10 apps instead. Still works fine.
The Turtle@GossiTheDog did they ever put it in About Windows?
Craig Stuntz@GossiTheDog From a January, 2003 article about Microsoft slapping the ".NET" branding on every single product: "'It's purely a branding issue,' he said. 'They've had a lot of problem explaining .Net. Putting .Net on products in a willy-nilly way only exacerbates the problem. They've certainly been guilty of that, and this is a way of policing that.'" https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/windows-servers-identity-crisis/
Li ~ Crystal System@CraigStuntz @GossiTheDog looking at crosstalk and it being like ".NET Messenger" on MSN is super weird
Jukka Niiranen@GossiTheDog In case anyone is wondering: yes, the leadership team at Microsoft really did say #Copilot has to be in every app.
https://www.perspectives.plus/p/as-long-as-its-copilot
https://www.perspectives.plus/p/as-long-as-its-copilot
BussphometYeah
Still not going back to winblows though
Still not going back to winblows though
banneduserThis is proof that it’s AI over because the whole point was to shove it into absolutely everything so if they’re starting to pull back at all it’s genuinely over
Kierkethumbs up convincingly@GossiTheDog satya nadella will have his revenge on us
Neville Park@GossiTheDog Source, for those curious: https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2026/03/20/our-commitment-to-windows-quality/
For coverage see e. g. TechCrunch, Engadget
Kerplunkim always focus on experiences that are genuinly useful and well crafted, that is why I dropped microslop years ago.
And I will not install the crap again, never ever...
Paul Sochacki
Barry Cook 🇨🇦@GossiTheDog - turns out adding a feature consumers didn't ask for - and many are actively turning off - wasn't a great plan and not worth the infrastructure you've devoted hundreds of millions of your shareholders' profits to.
The tech equivalent of 3D TVs.
Sosha@GossiTheDog this AND The Metaverse changing to just The Verse all in one week? god must've woken up for a second.
skuaThis is unexpected behaviour by MicroSlop Corp.
Having seen pulped users routinely ignored by the juggernaut for decades, I can't imagine the magnitude of the pushback against Slop-Integration that would have produced this back-track.
ArchiveScribe@GossiTheDog What about Paint? Please, tell me they’re taking it out of Paint. Not that I’ll go back to use it on the regular—that bridge has been burned—but this needs to stop. I counted at least 16 different versions of Copilot when I updated a relative’s computer several weeks ago. Deters me from ever wanting to go back to Windows as my daily driver.
🇺🇦 haxadecimal 🚫👑@GossiTheDog
I'm quite surprised. Rather than backpedal, I expected them to double down.
I'm quite surprised. Rather than backpedal, I expected them to double down.
Paul_IPv6i think whoever observed that as long as all the promotions/bonuses are already paid, teams won't care about undoing what they already knew was pointless.
large micro$lop customers will still buy whatever swill micro$lop ships and small businesses aren't cared about by micro$lop managers or stakeholders.
@paul_ipv6 @GossiTheDog
Oh, the developers are undoubtedly happy to dump that crap. I expected _management_ to double down on it.
Oh, the developers are undoubtedly happy to dump that crap. I expected _management_ to double down on it.
i suspect it means they've figured out a different kind of vapor to woo wall st with. it will also undoubtedly suck for users but that's not who they serve...
gemelen@paul_ipv6 @brouhaha @GossiTheDog
There could be an alternative explanation (if the Copilot isn't a local model, I don't know how it works in these cases) - they may take into account that it's too expensive.
See https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/19/companies-go-full-ai-then-the-bill-comes-due/
There could be an alternative explanation (if the Copilot isn't a local model, I don't know how it works in these cases) - they may take into account that it's too expensive.
See https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/19/companies-go-full-ai-then-the-bill-comes-due/
Duchamp Pérez@brouhaha @GossiTheDog the bill is due
HTPC NZ@GossiTheDog guess they finally realised why burn cash training Copilit fly when Captain Gemini is about to take control...
Queen 1066@GossiTheDog paperclip moment.
<smitty />@GossiTheDog @Alphastream Man, few things about Windows infuriate me more than what they’ve done to Notepad recently.
Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦@GossiTheDog image description:
Screenshot of Microsoft press release. Text:
Integrating AI where it’s most meaningful, with craft and focus: You will see us be more intentional about how and where Copilot integrates across Windows, focusing on experiences that are genuinely useful and well‑crafted. As part of this, we are reducing unnecessary Copilot entry points, starting with apps like Snipping Tool, Photos, Widgets and Notepad.
Brad@GossiTheDog can’t wait for all of these apps to display a pop up saying that Copilot integration has been removed… “Got it”
muddle@GossiTheDog You know what would make this toot even better? alt text.