Oh they're making me addicted alright. I can't stop installing Linux on things. Its like a new vice for my devices
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Today i tried to unbind the windows key from a computer because it was getting annoying. Tutorials pointed to the registry. I found nothing but ended up understanding why some keyboards directly have locks on that stupid key
In the times we live , where sociopath billionares seem to reign, this is no surprising
Out of touch execs still chasing metrics instead of focusing on quality. Their desperation betrays the awareness that an end is near.
Sadly, the strategy tends to work. Just like slop and clickbait by any sane world should not be rewarded, it rakes it in for the people who do it.
I can't fault them for this business plan. It has worked for the opioid business professionals time and time again, for centuries!
Scout will only be available for MS 365 customers.
Phew!
Have they tried making it better, I feel like I'm more likely to become addicted to it if it was good.
We're going to MAKE people ADDICTED by ~~making a REALLY Good Product!~~ ~~SOLVING annoying Problems!~~ ~~TREATING Customers respectfully!~~ FORCING ourselves Onto people like Donald Trump on Little Girls!
Ha ha ha, no Microslop !
If it's agentic it's going to burn through tokens even faster, so what's their business model?
Explains why they want you to think it's also a person.
That will really help all those lawsuits from people who got addicted to that thingy.
By taking away any other options?
Be like google, make search so shitty and monetized the only thing left is AI results.
When you ask an LLM to name itself, "Scout" is a very common name for it to come up with. That and "echo".
I used the LLM to make the LLM
BREAKING - Companies want customers to get addicted to their products!!!1
Yeah, we know
My non Linux savvy spouse is currently dual booting Linux Mint because Windows has become so frustrating to use.
Mint isn't perfect. We've run into a few bugs and shortcomings. But there's a big difference between dealing with genuine issues in an OS and using one that feels actively hostile and designed to exploit the user.
If both experiences can be frustrating, why choose the one that's frustrating by design (unless you absolutely have to) ?
I've used Linux for a decade now and windows is so much more buggy and shortcoming. Including new bugs.
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Hold on let me put on my surprised look
Ah yes, Cortana and Copilot both suck, but surely third time's the charm. And when Scout is, inevitably, unpopular as well? We'll see what they call number four.
You forgot clippy, but everyone forgets about clippy unless it's in this exact context. Or it's Norfolk wizard game.
I can't believe I forgot Clippy...
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No shit, Sherlock.
And people would actually happily get addicted to an AI assistant which is reliable, safe, capable, kind, and fast.
They really should try making a great product. Then they don't need any tricks. People love great products.
And local and under your control. As a "second brain" that isn't sentient but intelligent to assist you AI has great potential. In a few years we'll probably have the models and new hardware to run good enough models locally on cheap enough hardware.
But by then they'll have drummed enough support for "muh copyright" to buy legislation for AI licensing and make all AI models have to pay a license fee to... "someone". Like that poor writer who had his work illegally read by an AI. So then no open source models can exist and they have the monopoly. Big win for the little guy lol.
If they want people addicted to an AI, it's going to have to be a lot better than fucking Copilot.
As slop generators go, it's about the sloppiest.
Maybe their target audience are masochists?
Well, as a Windows user I can see the appeal
I will never EVER give an AI agency over any of my personal accounts.
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do you really wanna be admitting that addiction is your goal?
A $6 Million Jury Verdict Ruled Social Media Is Addictive.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/anishasircar/2026/03/30/a-6-million-jury-verdict-ruled-social-media-is-addictive-now-what/
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