vanadiel007 This is exactly why we should ask for all these things that we do not want. It will make them put in the things we do want. Reply
Dementoss If Microsoft does ignore all the feedback and, still add the agentic features nobody wants, they must at least make them opt-in and, not on by default. Reply
kyzarvs Sounds like he asked ChatGPT (after Copilot gave him a terrible result) to write a conciliatory post that doesn't specify anything real. And it's not just devs. I'm writing my weekly reports now (or should be lol). O365 is hopeless, O365 apps are worse. My work laptop is trying to install a wifi driver (I've let it try every day for the past fortnight) and my desktop machine has started complaining about the last USB device not working properly. I'm fairly sure that's due to the unasked for LED controls of my G502 that have appeared recently. My machine now takes significantly longer to boot – boot time seems to have really stepped up in the past few updates. Stability. Reliability. Apps that are an improvement (not just in revenue!) from the previous version is all a lot of folk need. I was most productive a couple of years ago with W10 & Office 2019. I just want to go back to that level of O/S invisibility so I can do my actual job… Reply
alrighty_then CoPilot works well for techincal and non-technical questions I've asked. Don't notice much else new in Windows and that's fine by me. I'm glad I don't have to manage a colossal software project like Windows that is bloated, critical for many users, and so widely used you'll never please everyone. Reply
GrapTops This might actually be the line for me. When the company prioritizes taking control away from the user it's hard to not be repelled. I don't want to go to a less performant ecosystem but they're forcing my hand Reply
Dementoss alrighty_then said: I'm glad I don't have to manage a colossal software project like Windows that is bloated, critical for many users, and so widely used you'll never please everyone. I think they would please more people, if installation of the bloatware, especially AI features, was optional at the installation stage, so users just have what they want installed. Reply
acadia11 It’s not automation for you, it’s automation for M2M interfacing. I don’t think people are comprehending what’s happening. Agentic AI is as much about the the machine to machine interface as it is the human to machine interface. Humans will not be required for many of these interactions and that’s why MS is focusing on agentic OS. It’s so they can prepare the OS to interface with other machines. Reply
palladin9479 Dementoss said: If Microsoft does ignore all the feedback and, still add the agentic features nobody wants, they must at least make them opt-in and, not on by default. They are going to sell this to governments as a form of spying. Write or view something objectionable, the "AI" will report you. Reply
Key considerations
- Investor positioning can change fast
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Reference reading
- https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/SPONSORED_LINK_URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/windows-boss-posts-lacklustre-response-to-agentic-os-backlash#main
- https://www.tomshardware.com
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