cm0002@lemmy.world to Enshittification@lemmy.world · 2 days agoAfter 40 years of being free Microsoft has added a paywall to Notepadwww.tweaktown.comexternal-linkmessage-square108fedilinkarrow-up1348arrow-down131cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnik@feddit.orgenshitification@slrpnk.net
arrow-up1317arrow-down1external-linkAfter 40 years of being free Microsoft has added a paywall to Notepadwww.tweaktown.comcm0002@lemmy.world to Enshittification@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square108fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnik@feddit.orgenshitification@slrpnk.net
minus-squarevenotic@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up53arrow-down7·2 days agoEven if you’re right, why the fuck add in unnecessary features to a simple word program?
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up37arrow-down1·2 days 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'diblinkfedilinkarrow-up2·23 hours agoI love wordpad. Still used it when I sucked Bill Gates’ chesticles on the Windows machine
minus-squarekepix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·22 hours agothe same reason why every program gets an ai feature: data farming, and reason to ask money for it
minus-squaremasterspace@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down3·2 days agoWhy not? Who cares what they do? It’s not enshittification to add new features.
minus-squareFaceDeer@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down4·2 days 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?
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.