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Re: Microsoft Copilot iOS App

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Has anyone been able to login to the app? The sign in button does nothing when I click on it, and the sign in link in the "default chat" just takes me to a blank page. It's been like this for 2 days now. I'm somewhat assuming it's a weird regional behaviour...my Apple account is based in Canada but I am physically in Europe. Is this not available in Europe, and it's tripping out since I'm connecting from a European IP?

Re: Microsoft Copilot iOS App

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Exactly- do these companies realize how annoying this stuff is? Same issues w volume licensed windows 10 - it comes w garbage. Everything you tough it seems gets stuffed w this crap

They are trying to establish the level of annoyance acceptable to their customers. Once people start to leave they won't increase any more.

Let me reword this for you.. "Once a small acceptable number of people start to leave they won't increase any more."

Anyone (?) can leave with a small number of 'unimportant' clients to leave. And true, they tweak the level of annoyance to hit a balance.

Remember the rule that one should fire the clients that are not profitable enough (and 'profitable' is a subjective term).

Re: Microsoft Copilot iOS App

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What is with Facebook and Microsoft ? I recently installed Facebook messenger on android and it literally had ads in the chat list itself. Yuck. Same for Microsoft. At least I don't have to use any ms product but everything has ads now ?? Why ?

Obviously, people need to pay for record profits somehow…

Shareholders want their dividends.. you can't blame them/us/yourself, can you? (assuming you also got some FAANG stock)(or some tech/SP500-like mutual funds)

Re: Microsoft Copilot iOS App

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What is with Facebook and Microsoft ? I recently installed Facebook messenger on android and it literally had ads in the chat list itself. Yuck. Same for Microsoft. At least I don't have to use any ms product but everything has ads now ?? Why ?

Let me get this straight. You're complaining that free web services you're not paying for with money, have ads in them? How do you expect them to pay for the infrastructure and dev wages without ad money? What exctly do you expect? @downvoters: seriously? you're donvoting someone for stating the bleeding obvious?

Holy asumption batman. Personally if I had a coice, I wouldn't use any facebook products like their messenger, but I don't want to give up contact with the few people I can only reach trough their platform. Paying for their services isn't even an option, I bet a lot of privacy minded people like me would gladly pay a fee just so they don't track you & serve you ads, _but you can't_.

Re: Microsoft Copilot iOS App

#36

Has anyone been able to login to the app? The sign in button does nothing when I click on it, and the sign in link in the "default chat" just takes me to a blank page. It's been like this for 2 days now. I'm somewhat assuming it's a weird regional behaviour...my Apple account is based in Canada but I am physically in Europe. Is this not available in Europe, and it's tripping out since I'm connecting from a European I…

Works fine here (UK), just takes me straight to login.microsoftonline.com.

Re: Microsoft Copilot iOS App

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Let me get this straight. You're complaining that free web services you're not paying for with money, have ads in them? How do you expect them to pay for the infrastructure and dev wages without ad money? What exctly do you expect? @downvoters: seriously? you're donvoting someone for stating the bleeding obvious?

Holy asumption batman. Personally if I had a coice, I wouldn't use any facebook products like their messenger, but I don't want to give up contact with the few people I can only reach trough their platform. Paying for their services isn't even an option, I bet a lot of privacy minded people like me would gladly pay a fee just so they don't track you & serve you ads, _but you can't_.

Those services would never be so popular today if they charge money to the users, because while you or me would be willing to pay, the vast majority of users (>90%) are not willing to pay a dime for services when there are free alternatives. How do you think Google's services got so popular? From charging money for them or from offering them for free?

That's the hard truth and please don't pretend you didn't already know this fact before rating about it.

Re: Microsoft Copilot iOS App

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post #35

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Holy asumption batman. Personally if I had a coice, I wouldn't use any facebook products like their messenger, but I don't want to give up contact with the few people I can only reach trough their platform. Paying for their services isn't even an option, I bet a lot of privacy minded people like me would gladly pay a fee just so they don't track you & serve you ads, _but you can't_.

Those services would never be so popular today if they charge money to the users, because while you or me would be willing to pay, the vast majority of users (>90%) are not willing to pay a dime for services when there are free alternatives. How do you think Google's services got so popular? From charging money for them or from offering them for free? That's the hard truth and please don't pretend you didn't already…

I said option. Free tier could still exist. Good luck with your arguments.

Re: Microsoft Copilot iOS App

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Those services would never be so popular today if they charge money to the users, because while you or me would be willing to pay, the vast majority of users (>90%) are not willing to pay a dime for services when there are free alternatives. How do you think Google's services got so popular? From charging money for them or from offering them for free? That's the hard truth and please don't pretend you didn't already…

I said option. Free tier could still exist. Good luck with your arguments.

That option already exists in the EU. Meta asks for 10 EUros/month in exchange for no ads. Guess how many people pay versus choose to have ads? Most people by a landslide choose the ads, because they don't see the value in paying cash to use social media.

Please, enlightne me with your arguments then.

Most likely when Copilot addoption gets big enough, ad free paid tiers will also pop up for those users who find it valuable, but until then it's easier to get mass adoption of a service by only having a free tier as paying money upfront for a yet unfamilar service puts off most users. That's what you don't understand.

Re: Microsoft Copilot iOS App

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Has anyone been able to login to the app? The sign in button does nothing when I click on it, and the sign in link in the "default chat" just takes me to a blank page. It's been like this for 2 days now. I'm somewhat assuming it's a weird regional behaviour...my Apple account is based in Canada but I am physically in Europe. Is this not available in Europe, and it's tripping out since I'm connecting from a European I…

I’ve noticed that iCloud private relay messes with things sometimes. Website that claim I have to prove my identity time and time again aren’t uncommon. I have to turn it off to get them to work. Could that be affecting you?
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