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From: ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram)
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Subject: Re: Microsoft notepad.exe paywall
Date: 26 Feb 2025 19:55:37 GMT
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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.