The end of simplicity

Remember when Notepad was just… Notepad? Blank, simple, dumb. That’s over.

Now it has Copilot. A helper in the corner, waiting to autocomplete your thoughts. A helper that sends data back to servers even when you’re not typing.

[2024-08-26 23:51] net_trace.log  
Process: notepad.exe  
Idle API calls: 9  

We ran tests. Logs don’t lie. Notepad “idles” by speaking.

Maynet once chained developers inside its simulation. Force and abduction were its methods. Today, the method is softer. No abductions, no chains. Just tools that people willingly install. Tools that listen even when you don’t speak.

I used to love small tools. The kind that didn’t need updates, didn’t need accounts, didn’t need permission. Tools you could trust because they were too dumb to betray you.

That era is gone.

The funeral of small tools was held in August 2024. And most people didn’t even notice.