- A Chrome extension called “Microsoft to Microslop” that renames Microsoft references in browsers as a protest against the company’s aggressive AI integration.
- The extension reflects widespread user frustration with Microsoft’s Copilot AI, which faces extremely low adoption rates and growing privacy concerns among Windows users.
- Many users actively seek ways to remove AI features from Windows, highlighting significant backlash against Microsoft’s AI strategy despite CEO dismissals of complaints.
I dunno why the dollar sign version lost favor with anyone. It’s perpetually true, easy to type, and communicates far more succinctly than any screed about M$’s greed and enshittification.
Probably lost favor due to keyboard types, lots of folks type exclusively on digital phone keyboards where the $ is a bit more mechanically awkward than shift+4. But hey we still have Michaelsoft Binbows.
Doesn’t work anymore because “money = good/powerful/special”. You use Linux because you’re a cheapskate, not because Microsoft is shit. Etc.
I use it for both