Royce Williams on Nostr: Microsoft could have kept WordPad and extended its functionality, instead of ...

Microsoft could have kept WordPad and extended its functionality, instead of increasing the complexity (and attack surface) of Notepad.

Notepad being braindead -- including having no recovery / history -- was a feature.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-notepad-to-get-ai-powered-rewriting-tool-on-windows-11/