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Microsoft retires WordPad after 28 years — app no longer available as of Windows 11 24H2 (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Windows will no longer have an integrated basic rich-text-based word app.

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

If they just wanted telemetry they'd just "enhance it" they way they did with the monstrosity that is new Paint or AI assisted notepad.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

And probably as a security update as well.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

AI assisted Notepad is a thing?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Yeah, though I don't know if it graduated beta, because I don't use windows 11.