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If they want people addicted to an AI, it's going to have to be a lot better than fucking Copilot.
As slop generators go, it's about the sloppiest.
They should make slop vapes.
My non Linux savvy spouse is currently dual booting Linux Mint because Windows has become so frustrating to use.
Mint isn't perfect. We've run into a few bugs and shortcomings. But there's a big difference between dealing with genuine issues in an OS and using one that feels actively hostile and designed to exploit the user.
If both experiences can be frustrating, why choose the one that's frustrating by design (unless you absolutely have to) ?
I've used Linux for a decade now and windows is so much more buggy and shortcoming. Including new bugs.
Most of my music software doesn't function correctly on Linux :(
What software
Instead they made me addicted to Linux.
Yeah every time I get on my laptop it's a little more unrecognisable and unusable to me. Will be getting in Linux as soon as I get a chance.
What’s stopping you so far?
SSDs costing $300 for me. For some reason my current drives refuse to partition. I got an old laptop on it, but it barely works regardless of what OS is on it.
Time more than anything, im only on it about 2 hours once a month
A good place to start, if what you do for those two hours a month is just a browser and such, is a live USB with Linux mint (or something like that) and then there is no commitment until you are ready.
... how? They can't just say it and expect it to happen. People have to want to use it. How, in the absolute shit sauce, could you possibly be addicted to an AI? What even is the goal?
This strategy worked so well for Bing
Duckduck go is thriving using Bing without the AI bullshit.
And Clippy
At this rate I will have to do like Terry Davis and make my OWN minimalistic OS to escape this AI plague.
Gotta produce dopamine for that to happen. Not cortisol.
Yeah but one day they will hack it, like every form of advertising and addiction that was pushed on us since tobacco. This is just a new frontier that is unknown right now, like explaining the ridiculous idea of future social media addiction to a user in 2005.
Hahahaha suck it, Microslop. I look forward to your Chapter 11 filing.
That shit should set off alarm bells of all regulators… but we elect people who don’t give a fuck so…
I will never EVER give an AI agency over any of my personal accounts.
Someone else has probably already done that for you.
You are not the target audience.
Oh we're the target, just not the customer.
Ah yes, Cortana and Copilot both suck, but surely third time's the charm. And when Scout is, inevitably, unpopular as well? We'll see what they call number four.
You forgot clippy, but everyone forgets about clippy unless it's in this exact context. Or it's Norfolk wizard game.
I can't believe I forgot Clippy...
Miss you, Tay
What about Microsoft Bob? Doesn't that count as their first attempt?
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do you really wanna be admitting that addiction is your goal?
A $6 Million Jury Verdict Ruled Social Media Is Addictive.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/anishasircar/2026/03/30/a-6-million-jury-verdict-ruled-social-media-is-addictive-now-what/
Did they try making it good?
That's the beauty of it (from their viewpoint), they don't have to make it good, just unavoidable.
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Create a captive audience through monopoly or near monopoly on a given market, then charge them more for a worse version of the product, reducing costs and maximizing profits, it's always been the goal with corporate capitalism, look at the whole Copilot and GitHub situation right now.
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