Microsoft isn't removing Copilot from Windows 11, it's just renaming it

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• Microsoft renamed AI features to “Advanced Features” rather than actually removing them
• Copilot branding disappearing from Notepad and other apps is purely cosmetic
• Users can toggle off AI capabilities, but they remain installed in the OS
• Part of broader pattern of embedding AI across all Windows 11 components

Discussion

• Sharp critique: Microsoft added AI to Notepad before adding a basic redo button
• Many compare it to cosmetic fixes that solve nothing, like renaming git master to main
• Users frustrated with forced AI integration; some switching to Linux over it
• Copilot seen as latest Clippy reincarnation, doomed to repeat the cycle
• MS 365 Copilot criticized for only drafting text, not actually editing documents

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