After 40 years of being free Microsoft has added a paywall to Notepad
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Clickbait.
Notepad is still free. If you want to use Rewrite, then you pay for that.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.
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isn't the paywall for notepad buying windows and a computer?
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Fucking click bait garbage article, but thankfully the article has a tldr that basically contradicts the headline
TL;DR: Microsoft has introduced a paywall for Notepad, requiring a Microsoft 365 subscription to access new features like the AI-powered Rewrite tool.
Better headline: Microsoft forces you to pay to suffer through using their AI tool that no one asked for, application otherwise unchanged.
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So notepad isn't behind a paywall, AI features nobody was asking for is behind a paywall, and this headline is bullshit.
That's my takeaway.
Eh. They shared those features to Notepad, so I would agree that they're a part of it.
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I think programs that we think of as being part of the OS, such as the included text editor, is a very different thing to something like Steam.
Steam isn't preinstalled on your PC, it's not a core part of your desktop OS. You download Steam yourself, and you only do it once you know what it is.
Besides, even if that weren't the case, another dev doing it doesn't mean KDE should.
Kate isn't a part of the OS, though... the text editor that is a part of the OS is called "vi".
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They killed wordpad.
Add it to OneNote then?
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Yeah but no one uses wordpad. They put it in notepad for the exact reason you're saying: because people use it.
If they made it more useful, people would use it. Making support for modern formats, maybe even Markdown could have been added and it would already be 5x more useful.
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They killed wordpad.
Can't wait for them to remove Calculator, since you can ask AI to calculate stuff, you know.
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I dint think it's ragebait/clickbait. I think it's really problematic that just a simple text editor get this bad by enshittification.
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Clickbait.
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.
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If you must use windows, Notepad++ is the way to go.
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It should be noted that you can still use Notepad without a Microsoft account, and users can go as far as removing the Rewrite icon completely from Notepad. Despite the ability to still use the software without an account, Microsoft has received some criticism for implementing what is most definitely a paywall/advertisement for a built-in piece of Windows software.
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I use Vim, actually
Just use ‘ed’ of you’re feeling so fancy
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Fucking click bait garbage article, but thankfully the article has a tldr that basically contradicts the headline
TL;DR: Microsoft has introduced a paywall for Notepad, requiring a Microsoft 365 subscription to access new features like the AI-powered Rewrite tool.
Better headline: Microsoft forces you to pay to suffer through using their AI tool that no one asked for, application otherwise unchanged.
This seems like something that should be kept local. What's the point of all these NPUs otherwise
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If you must use windows, Notepad++ is the way to go.
VSCode is better than np++ in every way
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VSCode is better than np++ in every way
Startup time. RAM consumption. Privacy.
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They said UI, so I don't think they meant features. But honestly I've never been unhappy with their UI, aside from one day with multiple replaces across a few files where the autofill from clipboard kept deleting the expression I wanted to be in there as I navigated through what I needed to do.
But that was fine, anyway, it got through it and I'm just happy with the "apply to all open documents" setting. Saved me at least an hour.
They achtually said UX which is User Experience.
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Startup time. RAM consumption. Privacy.
I guess you're doing it wrong then? Stop parroting memes
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Startup time. RAM consumption. Privacy.
vscodium fixes the privacy anyway. It’s always open so startup times are no issue for me.
I still prefer to keep a stripped down, basic text editor though. Ah well, I’m not on windows so no big deal.
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I dint think it's ragebait/clickbait. I think it's really problematic that just a simple text editor get this bad by enshittification.
Gotta squeeze every single cent from every single opportunity, otherwise line might not go up indefinitely.
