Seems like a bad idea then. So obviously they’ll do it!
Only 10% of Microsoft revenue is Windows, they are trying to squeeze money out of the personal data of users.
So it’s going to be opt-in not opt-out. Just don’t turn it on. Simple as. 🤷♂️
How to disable Copilot
For Pro, Enterprise, or Education users
Press Windows + R, type gpedit.msc, and press Enter. Navigate to User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Copilot. Double-click “Turn off Windows Copilot,” select “Enabled,” then click Apply and OK. Restart your computer for the changes to take effect.
For Home users
Home users without access to the Group Policy Editor can disable Copilot via the Windows Registry. Press Windows + R, type regedit, and press Enter. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows. Create a new key named WindowsCopilot if it does not exist. Inside this key, create a new DWORD (32-bit) value named TurnOffWindowsCopilot and set its value to 1. Restart your computer to apply the change.
opt-in for now… much like how they eventually snuck in their built-in spyware to screenshot your desktop behind the scenes.
It’s kind of amazing how much they’re willing to tear down in hopes of this “” incredible “” AI vision
“I see you are dual booting with Linux? I’ve reformatted that partition for you.”
I had this happen before but not in recent times. Not sure if others have experienced the same.
For a while I had my bootloader on a single drive but I now have my Linux bootloader on /dev/sda and my windows on /dev/sdb and toggle it in the bios when I need to use Windows. I haven’t had Windows overwrite anything in a long time. Could be a coincidence though.
I’ve read that dual booting Windows and Linux can have temperamental quirks and I’ve had my share of them.
Now, if I’m doing that, Windows fs gets isolated and I refuse to even connect it to the internet. But, outside of a legacy automotive shop program meant for XP, I’ve not needed Windows for a couple years.
Time to regulate the shit out of them. They don’t know what consent is, they flaunt the abuse of privacy laws.
cackles maniacally in Linux
How long until we can trick the Ai into deleting the System32 folder?
That should be a fun defcon.
lol
they just keep piling on justifications for switching away
There’s not a day that goes by that i don’t think about it. In fact i might just install a dual boot today and get reacquainted with a Linux distro. See if it runs the software I need…
you might try a live USB before you decide to commit, you can even create one inside Windows without formatting any disks
EDIT: if for some reason you dislike Debian there are dozens of other distros out there
Look into winboat if needed
So Microsoft is the pig whose committed to the AI chatbot ham. There’s no going back now for windows scanning my personal files for their own use. It’s that or nothing from Microsoft from now on.
My sib, they’ve been doing this kind of thing for years. This is not new. This is how they operate.
If you value your privacy at all don’t use MS products.
I’m kinda just transitioning out now. I have some projects to wrap up on Windows 10 LTS that use programs that wouldn’t run well through WINE. When those are done, I’ll make use of Linux alternatives to that project software, and pretty much just have my Windows boot available for dire emergencies.
As it stands, most of my gaming is transitioned over, and my Windows partition just has enough space for a few games after project work.
Same boat. W10 LTS until I’m finished wrapping up some loose ends.
Then I’ll do a VM with GPU passthrough on an old Windows for non critical things.
I never loved or trusted Microsoft, but this (not just the uninvited transformers, all of it) is beyond unacceptable to me.
Why? Who’s asking for this stuff, is there somebody out there who is really pleased with this news or is Microsoft really just that out of touch.
I don’t want to have to start wearing rainbow knee-length socks, but Microsoft are pushing me towards it.
Consumers are not the main driver of profit, speculative value is. Microsoft knows that Windows is guaranteed to be on the majority of PC’s, which means they can afford to implement hostile features that increase the speculative value on data collection and AI investment.
Once you realize this, you also realize that there’s no going back for them either. If by some slim chance there’s enough resistance for them to pause or rollback some features, it’s only temporary. The overall course remains clear and they will continue to move in that direction regardless.
There disdain for you as a consumer could not be made any clearer.
Their, as in the disdain microsoft has for the user, not there, as in microsoft put the disdain in a box and it’s sitting across the room over there. However, your point is valid and stands.
This is well said. So many people don’t get that of course these companies know you hate this shit.
They’re just trying to boost their stock value and violate your privacy harder.
I’ve read this exact questions tens of times now. This is capitalism. Now why would a for profit company ever do anything? I leave you to your deductions.
Won’t they make more money if they don’t piss everyone off.
They can’t think that far ahead. Quarterly earnings are king.
In theory, I could use an AI for doing stuff. For example, opening ripped videos, finding the timestamp where the episode name is given, and then copying that into the video’s filename. Afterwards, it can open Handbrake, use my preferred settings for audio and subs, then start the conversion of multiple files.
However, this is all predicated on the AI not doing unwanted things - such as giving Microsoft my personal information, preferences in hentai, and passwords.
Someday I will use agentic AI, but it will be on my terms.
Microsoft is forcefemming en masse.
I don’t think MS is out of touch with what the customer wants, I think they just stopped listening.
The fact is nobody is asking for this stuff.
I think the hope is that they build it anyway and then people will use/want it. AI is the big buzzword of the decade, just like ‘cloud’ was the big buzzword of last decade.
put the socks on >:3
I’m not sure what’s worse, the greybeard stereotype or the socks.
Oh, the greybeard stereotype, for sure. Carrying the weight required for the ‘classic RMS’ look isn’t good for your health. Cute twinks in knee-high socks carrying a blahaj are much better, everyone loves them.
Now, the fully-actuated fursuit for if you want to be taken seriously as a sysadmin? That’s an expensive hobby.
I don’t want to have to start wearing rainbow knee-length socks
it’s pretty obvious that you do
Woah woah woah, lot’s not compare fabulous knee high rainbow socks with the malware MS is putting in their OS. That’s not fair to rainbows or socks.
The implication is that they’ll have to jump ship to Linux, and thus become a member of the unixsocks community.
The socks have a bit of a learning curve, depending on what you want to do with them, but it’s worth it. It’s such a huge relief to not care how much more Windows is getting enshittified this week, since it’s not my problem anymore.
Is Apple doing this too?
I never bought Windows 11 for AI shit. It wasn’t even what came with 11 originally. Hey Microsoft, why not make a version of Windows 11 with all the AI stuff fully turned on and call it Windows 11-AI. You sell it separately and up charge as much as you want. Just reset 11 to no AI and have it be the bare bones 11.
Edit: 2 things too. Violating user privacy could carry a risk as far as attorney-client privledge goes because attorneys work on 11 from home. So just ransaking all data could cause that right to be waved. Subpoena much?
Also, the AI-Windows could be upsold as a luxury, which means you can charge more for AI-11.
Because they make so much more $ from selling your data. Microsoft would rather push these AI programs in an update, and bank on their users not noticing. The majority of users operate in a walled garden, they aren’t editing registry files or manually running commands, so they are less likely to notice the changes. It’s the power users that notice this shit, and sound the alarm.
They can’t do that. They have all of their money riding on AI. They can’t possess any data that might show the all-mightly Shareholders that they bet wrong.
Important to note here that if you are running Windows or a dual-boot, the new version of O&O ShutUp has a utility that allows you to delete CoPilot.
