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I figured something like this didn't need to be stated but then Microsoft added Copilot to Notepad

No this is not a joke. Notepad has a giant always-present Copilot button now



When I heard they rewrote Notepad in JavaScript I knew we had entered the End Times...


Which is extra frustrating because I recall reading a Microsoft apology about how they could not easily add support for different line endings to Notepad. The software is so entrenched that they are terrified to edit it. Which, fine, maybe that is sort of justifiable, but seems like something that Microsoft has the resources to test.

A few years later, AI slop gets embedded into everything, reasonableness or performance be damned (the new Notepad is embarrassingly slow to launch with multiple visual glitches).


They put it in Paint, too. That's when I rediscovered Irfanview.


You think that's great, wait till you rediscover VLC!


If you're a Mac person, 100% try out iina if you haven't yet. Kinda like VLC, but way more Mac like.


Irfanview is amazing!


Apple has added it to textedit too with their equivalent intelligence enabled. You're throwing shade in the wrong direction.


Apple added it as a system-wide service available in any text field. There isn't a dedicated button and branding for it within TextEdit. It's there because it's runs inside macOS.


And it has a global off switch, too. Turn it off and it vanishes everywhere. Fully removing Copilot on the other hand is a constant battle.




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