They're actually quite lucky to be called "Microslop" instead of what we used to call it back in the day...

people quickly started testing variations like “Microsl0p” to slip past the filter

Why don't they just use that AI they're so fond of to cover this situation

The intended takeaway is "Microsoft is getting less bad", but I don't think their brand reputation is salvageable by anything short of putting all C-levels in stocks on the front lawn in Redmond and a full repudiation of copilot/ai which obviously won't happen.

They probably already chose a new name.

Probably something ass-hatted such as 'Microhard'

MacroSlop was far more accurate in any event.

"Microsoft changed course" (about shoving Slop into every nook and cranny of their products)

I very much doubt that. When I have to open Office365 (Copilot... Sloppity... WhateverItIsCalledThIsWeek) in a browser they manage to hide the actual apps like Word, Excel etc. a little more behind the giant empty chat interface. Last time I checked my pinned Apps were gone and now there is a tiny button containing some of the apps. To make it worse, this button changed the location on screen almost every time I opened this website in the past months (I'm not using it very often).

From what I've seen coming out of Redmond recently, it wouldn't surprise me to learn that the "Microslop" filter broke with some random update as opposed to being intentionally disabled.

If it smell like poop and look like poop...

Any time my work computer is having problems (which seems to be every fucking week since we got windows 11) I ensure I use the term in my support tickets to IT.

I cannot use MicroSlop? Okay nice. Macro$lop

I have a uBlock Origin filter that replaces all instances of Microsoft with Microslop, and sometimes I forget it's even called Microsoft.

Huh, banning words doesn't stop people from using them. Who'da thought?

Six months later, Microsoft is removing the things that made “Microslop” stick

pulling the Copilot button from Snipping Tool completely and quietly renaming it to “Writing tools” in Notepad for everyone, not just Insiders.

Microsoft also backed off auto-installing the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on Windows 11 during March

That's nice

Microslop? The makers of Microslop PedOS 11?

Macroshart

they deserve that one

I prefer MikeRoweSlop