the devil just blinked

April 11, 2026 - 05:52 UTC

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They just removed the brand it isn't removed removed
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I said 'blinked', which implies not defeat but an unconscious admission of fear by a foe
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lol. My work laptop has a dedicated copilot key that cant be re-bound in the standard settings, do you think they want it back?
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tbf the Devil's eyes have been getting red and watery all month but yeah, if Microsoft is removing this, after basically bankrolling OpenAI even before shoving it into every product, it's major.
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That $600 Macbook and the Steam Machine announcements scared them shitless
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All Copilot buttons are unnecessary. Zombie Clippy refuses to die.
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I would have forgiven them for re-using Clippy, or at least partially
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too late, i already ditched windows -_-
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Linux?
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If it blinks once, it'll blink twice, and on the third one, we swing as one.

Aim for the jaw. The devil's useful to us alive, but not necessarily conscious.
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Oh. They just changed it to a generic AI writing icon :/
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Too late. People and entire countriea are dumping their slop OS. And apparently they're just making copilot more cryptic.
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They just changed the icon. The new button works exactly the same. They aren't removing Copilot, just rebranding it.
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Ah nuts
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Perhaps. Or maybe he just changed his suit.
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I figure it more for them fully integrating it in a non-escapable manner, depriving any user of an opt-out option.
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Yeah that was my thought. The underlying AI architecture is still there.
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But are they removing Copilot, or just making it ungovernable?
(Paywalled, sorry.)
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You can type archive.is/ between the :// and the www to get archived versions of stories from most higher-profile news sites, including this one
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I was watching High Potential (guiltily enjoy Kaitlin Olson) and they plopped a ham fisted copilot product placement in it. I yelled at the TV loud enough that my wife came from downstairs to see what was wrong.
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The gimmick of the show is that she's a living computer. She doesn't need an AI to correlate and color code information when she's supposed to be trailer park Sherlock.
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My toolbar is stacked with things I use. I didn’t realize that MS added that to my toolbar until I accidentally clicked it. It has since been excised with digital fire.

OK, deleted
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You think they would’ve learned after Clippy
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even clippy was better than this
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Lot of big companies and government agencies ripping the copilot app out of bundles...
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Never before has a technology been so impressive, so important, so advanced, that companies everywhere are tripping over themselves to avoid public discussion and pretend they aren't using it.
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a lot of people are pointing out they just sorta made it less visible not removed it and folks, saying an adversary "blinked" doesn't mean "they were defeated forever". It means "they made a small and unconscious admission of weakness".
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also Microsoft has openly said they are going to strip a bunch of Copilot stuff out of Windows 11
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This is the over powered anime villain realizing the underdog protag managed to land a hit on them.
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Tdo people not see the significance of going from having it be the only colored icon on the bar to trying to hide it?

I can't imagine, given how much capital they've burned trying to hype and start this dumpster fire, that they'd do that without a real good reason to force them.
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Small fissures lead to entire defenses crumbling. We just need to keep the pressure on fracture points.
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If it blinks, we can kill it.
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If it bleeds, it's mortal.
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What admits weakness can be killed
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Yeah, they gave up the massive advertising advantage of the button. They've def noticed the rejection and are having to adjust.
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the War is not over, but a small skirmish has been won. Lets celebrate the win and keep pushing until the robo slop is gone for good
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It means they're admitting there's a cost to having it visible
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It’s exhausting.
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(wait do you not Lose The Staring Contest if you blink)
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The difference between the devil winking and blinking is subtle but /very/ important.
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It can also mean that we're rubbing piss-stained dirt into the aforementioned eye making it infected beyond repair.

That's the future I want to believe in.
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Too little, too late, devil. Never again.
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Remember, CoPilot is for "entertainment purposes only," so...
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Too late, I already found a way to save $99.99 a year with this one weird trick...
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The devil tried to edit a Word document for the first time in 5 years
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better yet... i uninstalled it. everytime they try to sneak it back i uninstall it again.
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it's just the button, apparently, the bs is still there.
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I’m surprised cool zone isn’t a Linux based office. Kubuntu is an effortless transition from windows.
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devil’s gonna do a lot more than blink if it doesn’t unfuck its spending habits real quick
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With the cavèat that i know the AI push is still strong, recent news like this and the data center cancellations have me practically giddy
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Is it because they're backing off, or is it because now CP is going to be lurking in the background at all times.
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It looks like the button is still there, it's just not the full color logo.
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Correct. The person who lost today is the CMO who reoriented all of the company’s products around a singular brand people hate (Copilot), they are admitting no defeat on the technology itself.
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I’d be happier if they stopped vibe-coding the Windows updates
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Or does this make it non-optional and mandatory?
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Is MicroSlop finally waking up
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Fuck Clippy.
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BonziBuddy motherfucker.
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Less cool then we would like. All slop is still there. But they know it's super unpopular.

bsky.app/profile/dryad.technology/post/3mj5n3c3lsk2x
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I've got an unnecessary button on my keyboard, right next to Shift that opens the damn thing. I finally pried the key off and threw it in the trash where it belongs
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Unfortunately my work laptop still has a Copilot key. But still. Nature is healing.
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