Nobody’s forcing you to use it. I didn’t even know it was there until this article pointed it out, and when I tried it in Notepad it turned out to need an Office 365 subscription that I don’t have. So by default I can’t use it even if I want to use it.
I wasn’t making a comment regarding forcing, I was sharing an anecdote how Microsoft themselves are offering free workarounds for features they want to get paid for.
Nobody’s forcing you to use it. I didn’t even know it was there until this article pointed it out, and when I tried it in Notepad it turned out to need an Office 365 subscription that I don’t have. So by default I can’t use it even if I want to use it.
You can use the feature for free by using Microsoft’s Copilot chat bot, making the subscription requirement even more stupid.
Again, that’s not forcing anything. That’s even less so - you have to deliberately go to an AI application in that case.
I wasn’t making a comment regarding forcing, I was sharing an anecdote how Microsoft themselves are offering free workarounds for features they want to get paid for.
At least not there. For now.