Re: Microsoft notepad.exe paywall

Ben Collver <bencollver@tilde.pink> wrote or quoted:

If you want full access to Notepad, Microsoft now requires users to
pay

  I've always grokked "Notepad" as bare-bones software that just
  has the rock-bottom essentials to qualify as a text editor.

  As the article spells out later, you only need to sign up
  if you wanna tap into those fancy AI add-ons. That said, the
  in-app promos for that stuff would still get under my skin.

It should be noted that you can still use Notepad without a Microsoft
account, and users can go as far as removing the Rewrite icon
completely from Notepad.