cm0002@lemmy.world to Enshittification@lemmy.world · 1 day agoAfter 40 years of being free Microsoft has added a paywall to Notepadwww.tweaktown.comexternal-linkmessage-square82fedilinkarrow-up1263arrow-down124cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1239arrow-down1external-linkAfter 40 years of being free Microsoft has added a paywall to Notepadwww.tweaktown.comcm0002@lemmy.world to Enshittification@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square82fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarevenotic@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up50arrow-down7·23 hours agoEven if you’re right, why the fuck add in unnecessary features to a simple word program?
minus-squarekepix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 hours agothe same reason why every program gets an ai feature: data farming, and reason to ask money for it
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up33arrow-down1·23 hours 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-up1·8 hours agoI love wordpad. Still used it when I sucked Bill Gates’ chesticles on the Windows machine
minus-squaremasterspace@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down3·22 hours agoWhy not? Who cares what they do? It’s not enshittification to add new features.
minus-squareFaceDeer@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down4·23 hours agoDon’t use them if you don’t want them. A paywall even helps you stick to that.
Even if you’re right, why the fuck add in unnecessary features to a simple word program?
the same reason why every program gets an ai feature: data farming, and reason to ask money for it
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
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.