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Which is super ironic because it’s a corporate mascot that managed to become universally hated by everyone. Then again, those were simpler times, so modern companies would deserve much more than mere hatred.
The irony is part of it, from what I can tell.
That Clippy, the universally hated useless feature, is still less shitty than what these companies are doing today.
Badgey was terrifying. Fucking love LD
Things have gotten so bad, that even Clippy begins to look acceptable. What a bizarre world this is.
You could actually turn Clippy off as well. Copilot doesn’t really go away, and you can’t trust Microshaft to re-enable via updates. Out of the two I’d much prefer the maligned Clippy.
Unfortunately Clippy would get randomly re-enabled, like all microsoft zombies, after an update. You never knew when it would come back to insult your intelligence.
OMG it’s been going on for decades now. That’s not a bug at this point — that’s a feature.