I had to put Microsoft Teams on my home computer for work and now every time the computer starts up. there's a splashy notice that Skype has gotten hitched with Teams and taken its name, or possibly the two have done something hasty and lurid at a bus station. Whatever, Microsoft wants to make Very Very Sure I know it has happened, is happening or will happen with the videocall app I don't have -- on this computer that doesn't have a camera connected to it.
It's Philip K. Dick's world, cheesily intrusive ads and all. We're just living in it, long after he moved on. I suppose we should be glad we got that part and not the The Man in the High Castle part, though sometimes I wonder if there's not a surplus of fools who want that as well.
I was restarting a utility computer the other day for Windows Updates. It came up normally, and as the Utah Scientific router panel launched, a big box filled the screen announcing the arrival of Copilot! Yay...my computer is now infested with Microsoft AI garbage. I didn't want or need Cortana, why would I need Copilot?
ReplyDeleteYep. I have been removing Copilot from all of my personal computers that run Windows. It's an ongoing effort. It keeps crawling back in. No thanks, Microsoft. I don't want it.
ReplyDeleteGot rid Cortana, Siri, and all AI. Managed to update an older laptop to Win 11 with a few registery tricks too. Wasting time on what should be easy opt outs.
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