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Microsoft tried to ban "Microslop", and six months later it has given up

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dude250711 · 1790237518 · focus · HN ↗
They went AI too hard too soon. It only truly started being usable for dev this year.
Razengan · 1790238091 · focus · HN ↗
Micro$oft should stick to worrying about Windoze
1. drdaeman · 1790239797 · focus · HN ↗
  Ah, I see you’re a person of culture as well.
  Not really relevant though. They sure should be serious about GitHub, npm, and plenty of other things they run, too.
rschiavone · 1790238135 · focus · HN ↗
Maybe having 81 different things called Copilot does not help if you want to get taken seriously
<a href="https://teybannerman.com/strategy/2026/03/31/how-many-microsoft-copilot-are-there.html" rel="nofollow">https://teybannerman.com/strategy/2026/03/31/how-many-micros...
1. Iolaum · 1790238189 · focus · HN ↗
  Funny thing is that this is coming from human slop.
2. spiderfarmer · 1790238635 · focus · HN ↗
  > "How many branding mistakes do you want to make?"
  "All of them"
3. Razengan · 1790238849 · focus · HN ↗
  Microsoft Live Passport Copilot.net Ultimate Professional Home Edition 360
  (generated by Astra)
  1. ElProlactin · 1790239194 · focus · HN ↗
    Can't speak to that one, but Studio Copilot.net Ultimate Home Professional Visual Edition 365# Server 95 was one of the best pieces of software I've ever used.
4. sethaurus · 1790239467 · focus · HN ↗
  Show me the incentiveslop and I'll show you the outcomeslop.
5. pseudohadamard · 1790328228 · focus · HN ↗
  Microsoft:
  Well, there's egg and bacon
  Egg sausage and bacon
  Egg and slop
  Egg, bacon and slop
  Egg, bacon, sausage and slop
  Slop, bacon, sausage and slop
  Slop, egg, slop, slop, bacon and slop
  Slop, sausage, slop, slop, slop, bacon, slop tomato and slop
  Slop, slop, slop, egg and slop
  Slop, slop, slop, slop, slop, slop, baked beans, slop, slop, slop and slop
  (Vikings: Slop! Slop! Slop! Slop! Lovely slop! Lovely slop!)
  Or Lobster Thermidor aux crevettes with a Mornay sauce served in a Provençale manner with shallots and aubergines garnished with truffle pâté, brandy and a fried egg on top and slop
invader · 1790238207 · focus · HN ↗
Can't ban the truth, heh?
hacker_homie · 1790238234 · focus · HN ↗
Like most things Microsoft, "gave up after six months" is accurate.
glimshe · 1790246792 · focus · HN ↗
Microsoft should now release a brand new UI framework, this time designed and implemented end-to-end by AI:
Microsoft Visualization Copilot
If there's anyone from Microsoft here, let your bosses know I'll accept a Chief Prompting Officer role to help get it (and much more) out of the door.
1. hulitu · 1790363885 · focus · HN ↗
  Their UI/UX is bad enough.
VCFundedGenYer · 1790253188 · focus · HN ↗
Maybe if they didn't have a toddler CEO that wasn't completely asleep at the wheel they would have prevented losing in the court of public opinion.
1. techjamie · 1790263558 · focus · HN ↗
  They're being surprisingly intentional about trashing consumer trust. They recently patented a method to inject ads during downtime in video games[1]. Plus they changed Xbox GamePass so you can only play 5-15 hours a month on it, depending on your plan.
  Why is installing Linux suddenly becoming mainstream? I don't think any of the managers at Microslop know.
  [1] <a href="https://www.polygon.com/microsoft-patent-in-game-ads-load-screens-pauses/" rel="nofollow">https://www.polygon.com/microsoft-patent-in-game-ads-load-sc...
foxtrot8672 · 1790254393 · focus · HN ↗
Their execution is improving, but their models aren't as good as Anthropic or Open Ai

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