[HN Gopher] Microsoft confirms a major Windows 11 update with fa...
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       Microsoft confirms a major Windows 11 update with faster Explorer,
       less Copilot
        
       Author : thunderbong
       Score  : 18 points
       Date   : 2026-03-20 20:28 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.windowslatest.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.windowslatest.com)
        
       | rolph wrote:
       | thats cool, they have to cut it out with the onedrive thing as
       | well.
        
       | ChrisArchitect wrote:
       | [dupe] Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47459296
        
         | jsLavaGoat wrote:
         | This is an article about the press release, not the release
         | itself.
        
       | noahnathan25 wrote:
       | Copilot's AI is far inferior to the agents in Claude Cowork or
       | OpenClaw. And I think it still uses the OpenAI GPT 4o . Microsoft
       | also put AI everywhere, and with very poor quality.
        
         | carl_dr wrote:
         | Decent models cost money, is the reality of it.
         | 
         | "less copilot" is because they can't charge for it, so the
         | model is crap, so no-one wants it, so they are removing it
         | where it's useless.
         | 
         | They won't be the last.
        
           | sunaookami wrote:
           | I wonder if MS regrets pouring so much money into OpenAI.
        
       | pregnenolone wrote:
       | For starters, they should stop forcing people to create an online
       | Microsoft Account.
        
         | fabiensanglard wrote:
         | word!
        
         | ticulatedspline wrote:
         | They should, but they won't. I fully expect that by the time we
         | see "windows 12" that possibility will be fully eliminated.
         | 
         | Ironically they may have to in order to stay relevant. I'd be
         | surprised if you could find a teenager today that if you asked
         | "would you pay extra for an iphone or android phone that you
         | could use without an apple/google account would you?" that
         | their answer wouldn't be "why would I want that? I'd be cut off
         | from the whole ecosystem!"
        
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