r/pcmasterrace • u/After_Cookies • 7d ago

News/Article “Nobody wants Copilot”: Microsoft pauses Copilot on Windows 11’s taskbar to “incorporate your feedback," as Microslop backlash continues

https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/10/07/nobody-wants-copilot-microsoft-pauses-copilot-on-windows-11s-taskbar-to-incorporate-your-feedback/
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u/Tripwiring 7d ago

The assistant on my phone would set an alarm for me immediately and it worked well, so they replaced it with gemini which takes at least 10 seconds to understand what I'm even saying to it. It will eventually set the alarm, after talking to me way, way too much.

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u/MrDeeJayy Ryzen 7 5700X | AMD RX 6700 XT | DDR4-3200 32GB 7d ago

Yours is setting alarms? I had my assistant working perfectly fine with Home Assistant, and controlling all the lights in my house. One particular one my brother decided he'd name after his online persona, which is ambiguously pronounced.

The old assistant would have no issues listening to "Ok google, turn on <names> light", rain hail or shine it'd turn on the light in under 2 seconds.

Now with Gemini, I have to

- Be very VERY explicit about pronouncing the name of lights with an over-pronounced american accent (I'm australian, i have to pronounce "shah-nah" as "shay-nah" and things like that or it'll completely misunderstand me)

  • Have my phone unlocked (yeah, apparently gemini cant touch a bedroom light unless you unlock your phone. The old assistant never had this issue)
  • Pray that it actually understands what is being said to it. Most of the time it "doesnt understand" or acts like it has no connection to any smart home shit (including the one light that's setup directly on google home instead of via home assistant).

And specifically regarding alarms, its a crap shoot on whether it will set the alarm, or just tell me it set an alarm but in reality it "encountered an error" and won't say anything, instead confirming with complete confidence that the alarm was set, even when it wasn't.

Honestly, a complete and utter downgrade.

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u/Tripwiring 7d ago edited 6d ago

It's infuriating that they couldn't let us keep assistant as an option. But they need to tell their investors about the 200% increase in consumers opening their AI Slopware.

Your story is so aggravating. My Google home mini speaker stopped working after a software update and they don't make that model any more. Of course the new one costs four times what I paid for the Home Mini. It's all a crock of shit. I have so much contempt for this system I just got rid of the stupid fucking smart lights and smart speakers and I don't miss them.

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u/MrDeeJayy Ryzen 7 5700X | AMD RX 6700 XT | DDR4-3200 32GB 6d ago

oh they'd be lovely if i could get them to reliably work with home assistant.

I just need a better way to be able to turn them on. I'm thinking of going back to the clapper.

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u/zgillet i7 12700K ~ PNY RTX 5070 12GB OC ~ 32 GB DDR5 RAM 6d ago

The damn clapper was more convenient. At least Alexa is still working for me on lights.

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u/HystericalSail 6d ago

That was my solution, moving to Alexa. At least that home robot just got a minor lobotomy, not a full-on slop makeover. They still expect you to pay for that downgrade, for now.

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u/aVarangian 13600kf 7900xtx 2160 | 6600k 1070 1440 7d ago

comedy

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u/RhesusFactor 7d ago

Oh man, how good was Google Now and the assistant thing, you could shout at it "Hey Google, set a fifteen minute timer" while your hands were covered in flour and batter and it would just work.

Now it doesnt. And it listens when you dont want it to.

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u/Tripwiring 7d ago

Exactly! It simply doesn't work any more at all. And new speakers cost $150 because they discontinued the $40 mini speakers and intentionally broke existing ones with an update. Why would I want to buy one of these useless bricks after being subjected to this shit?

They enshitified google home, Alexa, and all the others to the point where I don't have anything left except for one "working" mini speaker in my kitchen that I connect Spotify to myself. I don't even bother talking to it any more.

Its all garbage.

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u/BLT_Trade_r 7d ago

Amazon alexa has also turned to shit, I suppose they want us paying for an AI upgrade or something. Either that or they just diverted all the processing power to some other AI task like suggesting the wrong products on their website.

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u/PipsqueakPilot 7d ago

You're absolutely right. It should be easier to set an alarm. Anyway, I set it for the wrong time and that's on me.