People familiar with Microsoft's plans say that the company moving to streamline or remove certain Copilot integrations across in-box apps like Notepad and Paint in 2026, after pushback from users.
“Turns out Copilot sucks so let’s just use our competitor’s superior product but that’s no reason we can’t keep foisting the inferior garbage on the masses!”
You’re wrong, but I think you’ll be OK with that because the reality of the situation is actually hilarious:
https://www.theverge.com/tech/865689/microsoft-claude-code-anthropic-partnership-notepad
“Turns out Copilot sucks so let’s just use our competitor’s superior product but that’s no reason we can’t keep foisting the inferior garbage on the masses!”
Honestly it’s good engineering practice to not be stuck in your own product.
You want them to be using only copilot?
It’s called dogfooding and it’s what you’re supposed to do to improve your product.