Sure, two seconds of user research would have told you this was a stupid idea, but it was much more fun to do it the slow and expensive way that makes everyone hate you

April 10, 2026 - 16:51 UTC

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At this point, every company out there expresses their absolute loathing for their customers in different but generally breathtakingly stupid ways.
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RIP out AI with a script.

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And the only reason I hate Microslop is because Copilot told me to!
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I used autohotkey to convert the copilot key on my new laptop to left mouse click. Very useful since tapping the touchpad for click is hit or miss.
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Removing the buttons will be a 2gb Service Pack download that has a 5% chance of bricking your PC.
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Be like France. 🔥
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programs.sigchi.org/chi/2026/program/content/222332

“We found no ideation. AI Deciders just consider one concept at a time. Design and HCI played no role in deciding what to build. Many AI Deciders overestimate AI’s benefits while underestimating risks”
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Oh hey, it's my old prof! This is going in the newsletter for sure
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Now do the stupid “Ask Meta” button in WhatsApp.
Meanwhile I can’t get an actually-useful “AI” feature like transcripts for those stupid voice messages.
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I just deleted WhatsApp with all the Meta accounts I closed. Easier that way.
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I've used it zero times so far and that won't change. It's like having a mood tracker or a voice recorder on my toaster oven: utterly useless and pointless. Also stupid. Did I mention stupid? That last bit is writ large. Sky-writing. STOOOPID.

We're living in the Golden Age of Stupidity.
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Most likely, but user research would have made iPhones have a querty keyboard in 2007 😅
Common sense should have told Microslob that this was a stupid idea 🤭
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That's not true. Apple did a lot of user research when developing the iPhone. They just didn't ask users to design it for them.
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You say that as if you’ve never worked for a large organisation before.
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Don’t worry — they will find another way to pursue the enshittification project.

“The beatings will continue until morale improves.”
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probably just go harder into more ads in everything instead, more subscriptions on things that used to be included
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They should add an indicator of how many gallons of fresh water this query will cost.
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You underestimate Microsoft's need to learn everything the hard way.
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Give me a button to remove Copilot completely. Same for every other bit of tech inserting AI by default.

Better yet, make AI something users can add/turn on if they want, not the default we can't opt out of because even if we're choosing to avoid it, it's still likely feeding off our work/use.
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or pay for
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That's what I like on MacOS. One toggle and AI is either a thing on your machine or it isn't.
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they didn't even remove the genai itself (as noted in the subtitle of your embed :p), so notepad continues to have a chatgpt integration
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