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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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[–] Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 101 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

You can do this in uBlock Origin without having to install another add-on by adding the following to My filters and enabling Allow custom filters requiring trust

*##+js(rpnt, #Text, "Microsoft", "Microslop")
*##+js(rpnt, #Text, "microsoft", "microslop")
*##+js(rpnt, #Text, "MICROSOFT", "MICROSLOP")

This will probably break some things but I'm not sure I care enough to figure out what. Enjoy.

[–] CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

Works like a beauty

[–] morto@piefed.social 30 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Ublock really seems to be much more powerful than we think. I feel like it alone could replace almost every extension we have. Wish there were some friendly guides for it

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 hours ago

and that's why I'm holding my face when people say ublock lite on chrome is just as good.. no, it fucking isn't. not because of gimmicks like this but because it does many things to protect your privacy which you don't see.

[–] flameleaf@lemmy.world 12 points 17 hours ago

Here's a treasure trove of filters that block so much more than just ads

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 5 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Does it also have a regex replace option? I'd vastly prefer that

[–] Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 3 points 16 hours ago

Probably, but that was more time than I was willing to invest in microslop.