[chris_wot]

Because a new icon in the system tray means nothing to people. People screen out most of what is in the system tray.

If they want to find something via AI, they’ll use their web browser and go to ChatGPT or Gemini.

[olyjohn]

People ignore the system tray so much, because it is so full of garbage, that Microsoft had to provide a "Hide unused icons" option, and eventually made a control panel to manage which icons you see.

I mean I remember when browser toolbar spyware was rampant, people literally ignored half the screen when they managed to install 30 toolbars.