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Not even poor Notepad is safe from Microsoft's AI obsession (www.theregister.com)

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[–] prole@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

There is no need to coin a new term, when "rent seeking" has done just fine for hundreds of years now.

This is not a new concept.

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[–] DocMcStuffin@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago

I completely forgot about that term. That may be more accurate. In fact, it describes what has Windows has become.

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