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[–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 49 points 1 day ago (21 children)

With 68% of consumers reporting using AI to support their decision making, voice is making this easier. [1]

Does anybody actually believe that 68% of consumers use or even want Copilot? But they included a source for this very generous assertion at the bottom of the page:

[1] Based on Microsoft-commissioned online study of U.S. consumers ages 13 years of age or older conducted by Edelman DXI and Assembly, 1,000 participants, July 2025.

Oh yeah, that's compelling: US consumers, 13 years old and older. An entire thousand of them!

So the only question I have left is which junior high principal Microsoft "compensated" for this survey, and what happened to the 320 summer school attendees who said fuck you, no anyway.

[–] cy_narrator@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah like we all use chatGPT for the most part now but that still does not mean copilot

Fun fact though out of topic: I once searched for 2 girls one cup in copilot, and though it said I cant talk about it, it provided sources and one of them was a link to the video

[–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I can't judge you for that, I feel like you probably got the very best Copilot has to offer, lol

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 day ago

Also just because you have used AI doesn't mean its overly useful. Gone to ChatGPT multiple times to try getting information that Google now is too shit to provide, and ChatGPT ends up providing some stupid response that is clearly wrong.

Occasionally used ChatGPT to find a website to use as an actual source, but now those sources are also AI written bullshit that is clearly wrong. Which is increasingly concerning because while I know some things are wrong, I don't know everything. How many other things that it points to are wrong? Its not too bad if you are able to verify it through non LLM sources, but what if you can't?

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[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 229 points 2 days ago (10 children)

Microsoft is doing more for Linux adoption than anyone else ever has lol

[–] zewm@lemmy.world 63 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Valve with Steamdeck and Proton development: “Am I a joke to you?”

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 34 points 1 day ago (4 children)

They are helping, yes, but windows 11 is a driving force like I've never seen.

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[–] Vakbrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 1 day ago

Honestly, big shoutout to Microsoft for the strong push to get me in Linux's loving embrace.

Double shoutout to them for making it very easy to not even considering to come back.

[–] tidderuuf@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That and backwards compatibility for Win7 & Win10. Shares of those OSs have gone up and several application developers have announced continued support or are advocating for unlocking/keeping secure those OSs.

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago
[–] artyom@piefed.social 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 18 points 2 days ago (10 children)

Yes definitely, but mentioning anything good about Apple on Lemmy gets you stitches…

[–] artyom@piefed.social 17 points 1 day ago

I mean there's good reason for that but MacOS is kinda in between Windows and Linux, in terms of usability and shitfuckery.

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[–] melfie@lemy.lol 70 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Making every Windows 11 PC an AI PC

Great, so everything runs locally, making it a self-contained “AI PC”. Otherwise, the headline surely would’ve been, “Making every PC collect data to train Microsoft’s models with little benefit in return“. Right?

What do you mean "little benefit in return"?

Clearly, it streams a buttload of data!

Your ISP bill will surely grow. Hope you're not roaming with your laptop on!

[–] TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.ca 92 points 2 days ago (12 children)

Microsoft is so incredibly fucked when the AI bubble starts to burst. They've abandoned so many of their other projects and customers to go all-in on it.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 44 points 2 days ago (8 children)

I dunno. I feel like they are like the cable company now. They will jus sit there twiddling their nipples while we are all fucked.

[–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 30 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I need the cable company (or similar) due to the fact that infrastructure is hard to deploy, and we need Internet to participate in society.

Nobody needs Microsoft cause every single one of their products has an alternative that's at least as good.

They survive by courting enterprises, but many of them can also switch away if they want.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

How long until they successfully lobby the US government to make FOSS illegal somehow

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[–] z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 day ago

An image from South Park. Two Cable Company Employees rubbing their nipples through square patch holes cut out from their shirts

Oh really, how bummed would they be?

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[–] goatinspace@feddit.org 39 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] msage@programming.dev 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

What saddens me is that I can't tell which game this is.

It's not Zero for sure, and not the 3rd I think either.

Is it the original 1 or 2?

[–] goatinspace@feddit.org 2 points 21 hours ago
[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 34 points 2 days ago

fuck off, not my shit you wont

[–] cley_faye@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

I was pondering about updating that dying w10 partition, just in case. Well, looks like someone else put the final nail in that coffin for me.

[–] NeryK@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

More unwanted bloat to disable, I guess.

[–] FalseTautology@lemmy.zip 1 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

You seem knowledgeable, can I remove copilot or make sure it doesn't install?

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[–] Decipher0771@lemmy.ca 20 points 2 days ago (12 children)

The only reason I have a windows box is for gaming, specifically sims (racing and flying)

Ever more reason to test and see if the wheel and flight stick work under Proton.

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[–] barnaclebutt@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

And for some reason when I buy a laptop I need to also pay for that disgusting spyware. How is this scam still going on?

[–] melfie@lemy.lol 10 points 1 day ago (3 children)

MafiaSoft is definitely taking their piece of the action, but laptops from smaller companies like System76 end up costing a fair amount more extra for equivalent hardware than the $50-$100 tax you’re otherwise paying for an OS you’re going to promptly replace. I’d say vote with your wallet, but I realize not everyone can afford to do so.

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