Microsoft is shooting itself in the foot: A review of the Microsoft Start app
A review criticizes Microsoft Start app for irrelevant features like Copilot, confusing interface focused on AI, nonsensical Facebook cartoon profile picture generator, uninteresting news feed with constant refreshing issues. Glitchy and unsatisfactory news-reading experience.
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The review of the "Microsoft Start" app criticizes Microsoft for including irrelevant features like Copilot in a news app. The app's interface was described as confusing, with a focus on AI capabilities rather than news content. The inclusion of a Facebook cartoon profile picture generator was highlighted as nonsensical for a news app. The news feed was filled with uninteresting articles, including one about Taylor Swift. The most frustrating aspect was the constant refreshing of the feed, which prevented the user from reading more than a few articles before being taken back to the top. Overall, the reviewer found the app glitchy and lacking in delivering a satisfactory news-reading experience.
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1 commentsShooting oneself in the foot!
In my acute mind I can see a man (Satya Nadella) standing in a desert. With no socks and shoes on. Aiming a rather large 12 bore shotgun at his foot. Then! a loud bang, The man looks down and half his foot is missing.
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