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The Microsoft 365 Copilot launch was a disaster

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Re: The Microsoft 365 Copilot launch was a disaster

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Post by ramoz »

dunham wrote: post #75
for_i_in_range wrote: post #8

Hate that if you use Word for Mac, you now have Copilot next to your cursor with no way of turning it off. I just want to use Word. I like its print layout features better than Pages. I don't want to switch. Just let me write and leave me alone. Now they're jamming AI down my throat without any opt-out mechanism.

> Hate that if you use Word for Mac, you now have Copilot next to your cursor with no way of turning it off. They should put it in the bottom corner, next to an animated paperclip instead.

It's honestly disappointing and somewhat strange that they didn't go this route. IP barriers?

Re: The Microsoft 365 Copilot launch was a disaster

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Post by rawgabbit »

wkat4242 wrote: post #203
surfingdino wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Microsoft is trying to stay relevant and have an answer to Wall St analysis asking them questions about their AI strategy. They will delete AI tools and helpers as soon as the industry goes after another "big idea".

Also, they can now proudly proclaim they have 100M+ subscribers to their AI stuff so it's a huge success :P I'm glad my web-only 365 (business basic without teams, can't use the family plan because I need a personal domain) just renewed for a year so they can't mess with mine.

This. It is backwards attempt to become "The AI" company. They have sole rights to use OpenAI's technology and the best they can come up with is a price markup to further piss off their customers.

Re: The Microsoft 365 Copilot launch was a disaster

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Post by liendolucas »

for_i_in_range wrote: post #8

Hate that if you use Word for Mac, you now have Copilot next to your cursor with no way of turning it off. I just want to use Word. I like its print layout features better than Pages. I don't want to switch. Just let me write and leave me alone. Now they're jamming AI down my throat without any opt-out mechanism.

Honestly thinking it again after re-reading the article. This feels like not being hungry at all but someone comes, opens your mouth against your will and pushes you a high calorie burger, fries and soda through your larynx. You are going to eat it, like it or not (just to put it politely).

Re: The Microsoft 365 Copilot launch was a disaster

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Post by rawgabbit »

Al-Khwarizmi wrote: post #20
munchler wrote: post #6

My problem with this isn't the price increase. It's the blurring of what used to be a clearly understandable suite of products (e.g. Office) and services (e.g. OneDrive) into a soup of weird AI and cloud stuff that all goes under a single unhelpful name (Copilot). My mental model of what I'm actually purchasing is broken in this new paradigm.

Clearly understandable? Every time someone tells me on Teams about "the file they shared last week", I struggle to find out if I need to go to Onedrive, SharePoint, the Teams channel "files", the Teams channel "documents", etc. It's the most confusing piece of software I'm forced to use...

But with Copilot you can now ask it to find the file for you. Isn’t AI amazing?

Re: The Microsoft 365 Copilot launch was a disaster

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Post by Sharlin »

isbvhodnvemrwvn wrote: post #90
Toutouxc wrote: post #86

I understand people who love Apple (or the OSS world) unconditionally and I understand people who hate either, but I find it hard to feel any kind of strong emotion towards Microsoft. Feels like there isn’t a single product person left in the company, no vision, no direction, no soul, no plan, nothing.

It seems like you get a promo for changing names of things. The more convoluted, the higher you get.

I wonder if it's partly about the well-known phenomenon where new product people come in or are promoted and feel they have to assert their dominance by making a change just for the sake of making a change.

Re: The Microsoft 365 Copilot launch was a disaster

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Post by NBJack »

robotnikman wrote: post #125
dunham wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Hate that if you use Word for Mac, you now have Copilot next to your cursor with no way of turning it off. They should put it in the bottom corner, next to an animated paperclip instead.

>next to an animated paperclip instead. Now that would be kinda funny, Clippy powered by modern AI

Ah yes, the real paperclip doomsday scenario. As was foretold.

Re: The Microsoft 365 Copilot launch was a disaster

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Post by robertlagrant »

y-c-o-m-b wrote: post #51
Al-Khwarizmi wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Clearly understandable? Every time someone tells me on Teams about "the file they shared last week", I struggle to find out if I need to go to Onedrive, SharePoint, the Teams channel "files", the Teams channel "documents", etc. It's the most confusing piece of software I'm forced to use...

Teams is the most loathsome piece of collaboration software I have ever used. When it comes to finding basic things, the UX is so far from intuitive that it makes you wonder if they're just trolling us with these awful designs. I remember being excited about a Slack competitor when it first came out, but the same issues it had back then still exist to this day. I wish they would just pull the plug on that piece of cr…

It's not a Slack competitor if it comes free with your current Microsoft licence. It's just a takeover. If it were any good it would've steamrollered Slack, not competed with it.
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