[GuB-42]

I don't think Notepad is going to be anything more than a basic text editor. It certainly gets new features from time to time, but it is more about making it usable in the modern world than adding advanced features like Notepad++ has.

It does compete with Notepad++ in a sense that now, Notepad can actually edit text files, and if you want advanced features, there is VSCode. And I must admit that I don't have any use for a middle ground text editor like Notepad++ or PSPad anymore, so maybe their strategy is working.

[n6h6]

What exactly do you mean notepad can "now" edit text files? I'm pretty sure it could always edit text files.

[Kwpolska]

It now has support for LF line endings and can save UTF-8-without-BOM.

[deafpolygon]

> so maybe their strategy is working

I don't think there's any strategy here, with Notepad.