It's clear to me from the very start of this video that Microsoft is incentivizing people to stuff this shit into their product any way they can. I also assume that they're tracking basically everything you do in their software using analytics of some kind, and people accidentally clicking those stupid icons counts as copilot usage to the other suits.

Add societal limitations as well. We used to relegate software to the dustbin when it sucked in the early days. Nowadays, people seem mostly fine being practically forced to use ever shittier products and services.

what did they do to ma boi Clippy

I won't. I see what designers do that looks nice if you only look at it like at a nice pic. Software engineers at least intend to use what they make.

Don't forget the spikes.

"Maybe if we manipulate people enough, it will make us money"

Yeah... That explains the user experience Windows offers versus Mac.

Anybody who's being honest will say Mac is nicer to use, especially non-tech people. Only nerds prefer the Windows design language over Windows.

Let's face it: if Macs could run game as well as windows, Microsoft would go bankrupt tomorrow.

Oh wow this is truly disgusting. It's rare to find a feature that is so badly designed that it disgusts you. Annoyed or frustrated? Sure. Enraged even. But I feel like I want to throw up after watching 20 seconds of this video.

That sounds like devolving to me.

My experience with Macs was that they are bloody unusable, so can't help you. They cause me anxiety, kill my eyes and irritate without end.

Can't say it's worse than Windows, of course.

I, too, am a Linux user.

Came here looking for this