1. Microsoft apps are incredibly featureful: they seemingly never say no to adding a feature. Their bloat and lack of simplicity is one of the main reasons I dislike MS products: I'll take a simple product I can actually over one that makes me think just to get the basics done almost every time.
2. Seemingly the only way MS can step off this treadmill is to completely abandon an existing product and start anew. But even there, users are raising cain about their favorite feature(s) that aren't included in the replacement.
All of that said: people complaining about a five-year window seems insane to me. In five years we're going to be telling our AI assistant to communicate with the other side's AI assistant, come to a mutually beneficial agreement that doesn't compromise on points X and Y but allows leeway on point Z, and let us all know the result when done. And it will be done two minutes after the other side gives their AI assistant instructions.
1. Microsoft apps are incredibly featureful: they seemingly never say no to adding a feature. Their bloat and lack of simplicity is one of the main reasons I dislike MS products: I'll take a simple product I can actually over one that makes me think just to get the basics done almost every time.
2. Seemingly the only way MS can step off this treadmill is to completely abandon an existing product and start anew. But even there, users are raising cain about their favorite feature(s) that aren't included in the replacement.
All of that said: people complaining about a five-year window seems insane to me. In five years we're going to be telling our AI assistant to communicate with the other side's AI assistant, come to a mutually beneficial agreement that doesn't compromise on points X and Y but allows leeway on point Z, and let us all know the result when done. And it will be done two minutes after the other side gives their AI assistant instructions.