I assumed this would happen anyway. It's more surprising to find out that it's new.
this post was submitted on 10 Mar 2026
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Microslop doing Microslop things as per usual
They did this with outlook before so it not a new trend. Though the question is if they have added an option to open externally like in other apps. (I'm not going to install the pos to check the settings.)
Sounds like malware to me?
Microslop would do this?
This could be a real pain if anyone used copilot.
Tbh I'm surprised they found this bug.
Microsoft apparently doesn't do QA testing anymore and the average Copilot user is an illiterate troglodyte who never changed the WiFi password on their modem and doesn't know what a bug report is.
I'm pretty sure this will happen to anyone that has a copilot "compatible" pc and install the patch Tuesday updates.. If they use copilot or not.
LOL. You made my day!
Classic Microsoft.
Nah, it’s futuristic Microslop now
Woof.
As a web developer. I can’t wait to get bug reports caused by this monstrosity.
That’s not even touching the maliciousness of this entire exercise.
Microsoft: The gift that just keeps giving, why do people still Trust this garbage company.
We call it "Microslop" 'round these parts.
I was going to do the same, but decided against it, I plan to call it Microcrap, but microslop sounds good too. I feel sometimes it is useful to refer to things properly in the interest of clarity.
You do it to state things clearly. I do it because Microslop evidently hates being called "Microslop". Apparently they've never heard about the Streisand effect. Let's assist their learning.
gvmnt-person needs money, squawk about monopoly. cha-ching. installed on everything
Why DID is the correct phrasing? And there were reasons then. More bad than good, but that's the advantage of being first, then biggest.
Why trust them now? It's not trust when it's what's embedded everywhere, required by most large companies. The licensing that was Microsoft's key into everything became dependency. And dependencies can be broken, but that takes time and effort. There's been movement...
If they keep doing this Co-pilot shit, they'll be helping the cause.
Because it's what we have always done.