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  • A Chrome extension called “Microsoft to Microslop” that renames Microsoft references in browsers as a protest against the company’s aggressive AI integration.
  • The extension reflects widespread user frustration with Microsoft’s Copilot AI, which faces extremely low adoption rates and growing privacy concerns among Windows users.
  • Many users actively seek ways to remove AI features from Windows, highlighting significant backlash against Microsoft’s AI strategy despite CEO dismissals of complaints.
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[–] Siegfried@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

CADs... we need professional, reliable CADs working on linux. Photoediting is a lost cause. (Imo, of course)

I just grew a pair of balls and installed arch exclusively for gaming. As things are now, temperature monitoring looks easier than I expected and I just tried 7 games, all working like a charm.

[–] ftbd@feddit.org 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

If you rely on some specific piece of software, set up a dual boot and only boot into windows to use that software. Put your Linux installation onto a separate (encrypted) partition.

We're never going to solve the chicken-and-egg problem of user adoption and software availability with the mentality to only switch once everything works 100%.

I know computers are hard for normies, but I believe that's only because they've been using dumbed-down walled-garden stuff for too long. And just like it is important to know how to cook and do basic repairs around the house, a basic grasp of computers should be the standard in today's world.

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[–] pseudonaut@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

someone make a virus that installs this extension on people’s computer without them knowing

[–] ksh@aussie.zone 3 points 4 days ago

It’d be a patch

[–] boaratio@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago

Or maybe don't use chrome as well.

[–] Lorindol@sopuli.xyz 7 points 5 days ago
[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

This is dumb. A local change to your browser that nobody else even knows about is not a protest in any way shape or form.

[–] GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 6 points 5 days ago

If you cannot stop using windows for whatever reason, just find ways to stop paying for anything with Microsoft. For instance, I worked out a plan to get my dad off of office365 the moment they started jacking up the price to add copilot. That’s recurring revenue that Microsoft will NEVER see again.

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