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After 40 years of being free Microsoft has added a paywall to Notepad (www.tweaktown.com)
submitted 15 hours ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] 33 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

I don't think it's ragebait/clickbait. I think it's really problematic that just a simple text editor get this bad by enshittification.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 hours ago

Sounds like they're slipping cloud based AI assistance into the deal, which is the opposite of what Notepad is "good" for.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 hours ago

Gotta squeeze every single cent from every single opportunity, otherwise line might not go up indefinitely.