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Notepad (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I think a lot of "Windows 11 sucks!" is kind of overblown. For example:

Have an issue with Co-Pilot in Notepad? Click the gear in the upper right hand corner, scroll down, "Copilot - Off".

Kind of like when they tried to force Cortana on everyone in Windows 10... super easy to disable, enough people did that, then it got removed.

https://www.lifewire.com/turn-off-cortana-in-windows-10-4165920#toc-how-to-disable-cortana-temporarily

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/cortana-will-no-longer-launch-in-windows-11/641755e7-e8e7-4f4e-ad0a-75d69cabae5f

It sucks that the user has to take steps to clean this crap out of Windows, but it CAN be done and it's not THAT different from clearing out all the bloatware vendors like HP used to install by default.

For example:

"My start menu is full of advertising!"

So, turn it off.

"I keep getting ads as notifications!"

(They really want people buying Xbox stuff)

Turn that off too:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/notifications-and-do-not-disturb-in-windows-feeca47f-0baf-5680-16f0-8801db1a8466

If you can't figure out these basic configurations in Windows, switching to Linux will not be an option for you. You'll have no hope of figuring out Linux settings.

[–] UncleJesus@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

Operating Linux isn't an issue for me.

None of this is relevant. Whether or not I could or couldn't disable copilot in notepad would have had no effect on me as I didn't use the app. You missed the point entirely. The enshittification of software by a company signals a shift in the company's priorities. A shift I'm not willing to support. I'm not saying Linux is for everyone, but it also isn't as difficult to operate as many people like to make it out to be, especially the more popular distros. And with the progress it has made over the last few years with regard to gaming, I think a lot more people would be happier with Linux than Windows.

Besides that fact, my biggest issue with windows is forced updates.

[–] grayautumnday@leminal.space 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've performed every one of those steps (and a few reg edits besides after the second week of repeated uninstalls and turning off copilot in apps and turning off Edge as a default by going through literally every file type and removing it as a default for everything possible (a few .edge_ files not possible to change). Copilot is back in my apps list and startup files with every boot. W11Pro, originally I installed from lenovo recovery media but reinstalled from recovery media created from the MS download ISO of the major update to W11 a few weeks ago. Problem continues