If you want full access to Notepad, Microsoft now requires users to pay, with the new changes to 40-year-old software adopting the 'freemium' model.
  • Shardikprime@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    It should be noted that you can still use Notepad without a Microsoft account

    Despite the ability to still use the software without an account

    Are we not doing context anymore?

    What is this? Just outrage for the sake of outrage?

    • Nosavingthrow@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Don’t take this the wrong way, but it’s hard for me to contain my incredulity: have you been asleep for the last decade? Has a very obvious pattern of enshitification not been constantly proven as a rule on the tech sector? And an article is… outrage?

  • atrielienz@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    This is misinformation. They added the login requirement for their Generative AI and the actual notepad doesn’t require a login. But I guess we’re ragebaiting today.