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Make Microsoft's CEO cry by installing Chrome's 'Microslop' extension (www.pcworld.com)
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  • A Chrome extension called “Microsoft to Microslop” that renames Microsoft references in browsers as a protest against the company’s aggressive AI integration.
  • The extension reflects widespread user frustration with Microsoft’s Copilot AI, which faces extremely low adoption rates and growing privacy concerns among Windows users.
  • Many users actively seek ways to remove AI features from Windows, highlighting significant backlash against Microsoft’s AI strategy despite CEO dismissals of complaints.
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[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 75 points 1 week ago (14 children)

If you want to make Microsoft's CEO cry then you install Linux and convince all of your friends to do the same.

Using their OS, feeding them telemetry, being opted into their cloud storage but swapping some letters in your browser content is about as useless as mopping a sewer pipe.

[–] Sierk@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (8 children)

I want to but i have no idea how. If it was simply installing 'Linux' I would have done it already. But there are many 'versions'? I am unsure which and how to proceed.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not versions. Distributions. They're all developed and maintained by different organizations and are geared towards different types of users. It isn't like Windows where your choice is Microsoft or nothing.

This means that different distributions can have a completely different UI and even approach things like installing software in very different ways. That's why I tell people that if they install it and they don't like it, try a different distribution. Or a different version of the same distribution. Changing your desktop environment can make a huge difference. Most distros push GNOME on their flagship version, but I've had a much better experience with KDE. If you don't like the GNOME version, download and install the KDE version. If you like a Windows-style desktop, you can have that. If you prefer Mac, you can have that. Or you can do something completely different! The sky's the limit, really.

[–] Sierk@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Honestly for me, more choice isn't really better. But then again I like android better than apple. Which is also more choice.

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