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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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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Waiting for the Firefox version of this.

[–] BeyondRuby@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago
[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

This is dumb. A local change to your browser that nobody else even knows about is not a protest in any way shape or form.

[–] Lorindol@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 month ago
[–] GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago

If you cannot stop using windows for whatever reason, just find ways to stop paying for anything with Microsoft. For instance, I worked out a plan to get my dad off of office365 the moment they started jacking up the price to add copilot. That’s recurring revenue that Microsoft will NEVER see again.

[–] eruchitanda@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I don't like green Chrome so I'll switch to rainbow Chrome and add an extension.

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 4 points 1 month ago

"Make evil CEO cry by fellating different, alternative, evil CEO"

No ty

[–] pseudonaut@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

someone make a virus that installs this extension on people’s computer without them knowing

[–] ksh@aussie.zone 3 points 1 month ago

It’d be a patch

[–] deliriousdreams@fedia.io 3 points 1 month ago

I'm sure this will make people who use it feel better, but as a form of protest it does nothing. Unless you're gonna install this extension on a bunch of public computers.

[–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Microslop should now start referring to themselves as "Micro$oft" to bypass this extension.

[–] Fmstrat@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

This feels like a good way to get malware.

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