… But with running a local LLM, I don't need to subscribe to GitHub Copilot anymore, and that's fantastic for my monthly costs. I'd much rather put that towards more hardware and build out my own, private, secure local AI factory.
… Bloat and forced AI Chasing the trend The tragedy of Outlook isn’t just that it’s slow — it’s that it has been buried under bloat and forced AI. Microsoft has boarded the AI hype, aggressively pushing Copilot into every corner of the mobile and web apps, whether we want it or not. …
… Microsoft Copilot Copilot Free, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio Copilot Pro is commonly listed at $20/month for individuals; Copilot Studio is $200/month. Microsoft splits AI across consumer Copilot, Microsoft 365 integration, business licensing, and agent-building tools. …
… Story Copilot is available on every Tines tenant, including the free Community Edition, and you don't need to pay for it as a separate AI subscription. n8n's AI Workflow Builder, by contrast, is gated behind @Licensed 'feat:aiBuilder' in the source code, which means it only runs on n8n Cloud. …
… Sign in to your XDA account Summary Microsoft scales back Copilot pushes to fix Windows 11's main pain points. Windows K2 moves core components to WinUI 3 to make native UI faster and leaner. WinUI 3 trims Explorer costs: -41% allocs, -63% transient allocs, -45% calls, -25% WinUI time. …
… I mainly use spreadsheets when filing my taxes and tracking certain expenses. But it didn't feel like I gained much from using a paid version of the software. When I did try to streamline my tax filing by using Copilot to sort certain data, the AI tool wasn't useful at all. …
… When my tax filing came around again this year, spending hours starting at a spreadsheet triggered yet another migraine attack that lasted days. Copilot helped speed things up as I still had a subscription at that point , but it still required me to copy over formulas to create new sheets. …
… Extensions like GitHub Copilot, OpenAI Codex, and Claude Code plug into the same APIs as any other extension, but they change what the editor can do. …
… It's based on a mobile chip, it's got an NPU, and that NPU isn't strong enough to support Copilot+. As a side note, that makes this the first computing chip to not support Copilot+ since the platform was introduced. Prior to now, Qualcomm's messaging has been about on-device AI at all price points. …
… Ditch the Copilot subscription Continue brings local AI directly into VS Code for free One of the handiest ways to use AI is within VS Code, where it automatically completes lines of code and answers questions about your codebase without ever leaving the editor. …