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oh it was a bug, i thought they did it on purpose to force people to use their stupid ai crap.
You thought that because the headline is pretty deliberately misleading. Clickbait trash.
Even Microsoft (probably) isn't that stupid or desperate yet. What seems much more likely to me is that they will keep introducing AI features and more invasive ads gradually and making them opt-in or removable with the intention of making them mandatory later on.
I 100% believe that Microsoft fully understands that a lot of people aren't happy with most of these changes, but profit must grow and they are elbow-deep in their AI gamble so they must keep pushing just slowly enough to avoid most users and businesses feeling like looking for alternatives is worth the effort. They are treading a fine line and are sometimes pushing too hard, but that in itself can be a solid negotiation tactic to manipulate people into accepting bad deals and my guess is that it's fully intentional.