cm0002@lemmy.world to Enshittification@lemmy.world · 3 months agoAfter 40 years of being free Microsoft has added a paywall to Notepadwww.tweaktown.comexternal-linkmessage-square122linkfedilinkarrow-up1385arrow-down151cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldenshitification@slrpnk.net
arrow-up1334arrow-down1external-linkAfter 40 years of being free Microsoft has added a paywall to Notepadwww.tweaktown.comcm0002@lemmy.world to Enshittification@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square122linkfedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldenshitification@slrpnk.net
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minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up41arrow-down1·3 months agoIt’s not even a simple “word” program - that’s what write/WordPad was. Notepad is supposed to be just a bare bones text editor, like for altering an .ini file or writing a website in 1997.
minus-squareMuad'dib@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoI love wordpad. Still used it when I sucked Bill Gates’ chesticles on the Windows machine
minus-squarekepix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agothe same reason why every program gets an ai feature: data farming, and reason to ask money for it
minus-squaremasterspace@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down4·3 months agoWhy not? Who cares what they do? It’s not enshittification to add new features.
minus-squareFaceDeer@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down5·3 months agoDon’t use them if you don’t want them. A paywall even helps you stick to that.
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It’s not even a simple “word” program - that’s what write/WordPad was. Notepad is supposed to be just a bare bones text editor, like for altering an .ini file or writing a website in 1997.
I love wordpad. Still used it when I sucked Bill Gates’ chesticles on the Windows machine
the same reason why every program gets an ai feature: data farming, and reason to ask money for it
Why not? Who cares what they do? It’s not enshittification to add new features.
Don’t use them if you don’t want them. A paywall even helps you stick to that.