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dude250711
They went AI too hard too soon. It only truly started being usable for dev this year.
Razengan
Micro$oft should stick to worrying about Windoze
drdaeman
Ah, I see you’re a person of culture as well.

Not really relevant though. They sure should be serious about GitHub, npm, and plenty of other things they run, too.

rschiavone
Maybe having 81 different things called Copilot does not help if you want to get taken seriously

https://teybannerman.com/strategy/2026/03/31/how-many-micros...

spiderfarmer
> "How many branding mistakes do you want to make?"

"All of them"

Razengan
Microsoft Live Passport Copilot.net Ultimate Professional Home Edition 360

(generated by Astra)

sethaurus
Show me the incentiveslop and I'll show you the outcomeslop.
pseudohadamard
Microsoft:

Well, there's egg and bacon

Egg sausage and bacon

Egg and slop

Egg, bacon and slop

Egg, bacon, sausage and slop

Slop, bacon, sausage and slop

Slop, egg, slop, slop, bacon and slop

Slop, sausage, slop, slop, slop, bacon, slop tomato and slop

Slop, slop, slop, egg and slop

Slop, slop, slop, slop, slop, slop, baked beans, slop, slop, slop and slop

(Vikings: Slop! Slop! Slop! Slop! Lovely slop! Lovely slop!)

Or Lobster Thermidor aux crevettes with a Mornay sauce served in a Provençale manner with shallots and aubergines garnished with truffle pâté, brandy and a fried egg on top and slop

invader
Can't ban the truth, heh?
hacker_homie
Like most things Microsoft, "gave up after six months" is accurate.
glimshe
Microsoft should now release a brand new UI framework, this time designed and implemented end-to-end by AI:

Microsoft Visualization Copilot

If there's anyone from Microsoft here, let your bosses know I'll accept a Chief Prompting Officer role to help get it (and much more) out of the door.

hulitu
Their UI/UX is bad enough.
VCFundedGenYer
Maybe if they didn't have a toddler CEO that's completely asleep at the wheel they would have prevented losing in the court of public opinion.
techjamie
They're being surprisingly intentional about trashing consumer trust. They recently patented a method to inject ads during downtime in video games[1]. Plus they changed Xbox GamePass so you can only play 5-15 hours a month on it, depending on your plan.

Why is installing Linux suddenly becoming mainstream? I don't think any of the managers at Microslop know.

[1] https://www.polygon.com/microsoft-patent-in-game-ads-load-sc...

foxtrot8672
Their execution is improving, but their models aren't as good as Anthropic or Open Ai