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Eww, Copilot AI might auto-launch with Windows 11 soon (www.pcworld.com)
submitted 7 months ago by VITecNet@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] randomaside@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don't know what to think about the rushed inclusion of Copilot. It's so very very flawed.

The only thing I can think of is that users are training it by using it and therefore Microsoft is getting free labor from you (as well as search/advertising revenue through their lock screens, dynamic as based backgrounds, live tiles, etc).

I think we're the product here guys.

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Of course we are. We've known this all along.

Ever since Windows 10, Microsoft has been treating Windows as an "OS as a service," and their expected revenue source (at least from home users) is no longer license sales but whatever they can extract from users via subscriptions, ads, and selling their tracking data.