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by vo2maxer 522 days ago
I’m trying to understand why the sentiment in many of the comments is one of near outrage. Is this based on the atavistic hatred of Microsoft or is there a cogent position on why this is a noxious implementation?
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Name no do job good; is this post just to practice your vocabulary? Do you really find difficulty understanding why one finds ire with muddying identifiers?
Cause they’re moving forward with forcing their AI slop down every Windows users’ throats
You're not forced to open the app and purchase a $120/yr subscription just because they changed the name.
I’m not paying a cent but I see AI buttons and ads for it all over my OS and software interfaces. Let’s just say this renaming makes me think that’s not about to improve anytime soon.
I do not agree that seeing a button I don't like is equivalent to forcing AI slop down our throats.
Think about all the confusion a normal user will face and then some of us have to answer and offer support for it. They could have called it Office 733 or 999 and people wouldn't be as angry. But they completely got rid of Office brand name.

I guess at least they did it after Christmas family dinner.

using obscure words doesn't make you look intelligent.
But it makes me more intelligent after I decipher them.
I for one am just exhausted from the torrent of confusing random changes.