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Posted on 1st May 2024 |
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This story on Techspot reports that Microsoft is up to its usual tricks: in this case installing software on its customers' without telling them. In March, Microsoft infuriated many Windows 11 users by automatically installing the Copilot AI based chatbot app on their PCs. It seems that enough people complained that Microsoft are now rolling out updates which remove this app. Installing this app, without warning or permission is seriously sharp practice; this kind of thing is why I am a Linux user (I never have to install any update that I don't want). AI is an inherently heavy user of computing resources: CPU capacity, RAM, disc space and Internet bandwidth. Why does Microsoft think it is OK to put this extra load on our PCs without permission? I have an idea. In future, whenever MS forces new functionality on you without permission, send them an invoice for the resources it uses. They won't pay, of course, but if enough people do it they may think again about their update policy. | |