Fuck Ai. I just want Notepad to edit the most basic text. Why the fuck would I need fucking Ai bullshit in it? To rewrite what? INI game files? Hosts file?
this post was submitted on 23 Feb 2025
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I use Vim, actually
There always has to be one...
Just use ed if you’re feeling so fancy
Same.
isn't the paywall for notepad buying windows and a computer?
Could MS suck any worse? It’s like they want people to not use their products. Capitalism is the ouroboros.
The fact that they choose to mess with Notepad is more telling than the value it has given the alternatives.
Notepad++ is my text editor of choice as someone who just edits the occasional file. I'm not a programmer or anything, but it's nice to have those autocomplete and syntax highlighting features for config files. Helps me keep track of stuff better when editing.
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Ragebait. Notepad is still free. If you want to use Rewrite, then you pay for that.
Freemium dark patterns are also enshittification. It's slight clickbait/ragebait, but not far off.
I can understand separating a new paid-only feature, especially if you don't much need that part. The new features are reportedly accessible from the GUI of Notepad so I wouldn't blame anyone else who thought "NOTEPAD" asked them to sign up and pay a subscription to use "NOTEPAD" features.
I used to rage when reading bad changes to Windows, even after I'd stopped using it. Now I just feel bad that my friends are still in that a bad relationship with their computer.