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Enshittification@lemmy.world · 9 months ago

After 40 years of being free Microsoft has added a paywall to Notepad

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After 40 years of being free Microsoft has added a paywall to Notepad

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Enshittification@lemmy.world · 9 months ago

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If you want full access to Notepad, Microsoft now requires users to pay, with the new changes to 40-year-old software adopting the 'freemium' model.

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Fuck this article. Title is insanely misleading. The paywall is for 1 specific AI feature, not the Notepad program itself.

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