You have to pay for Windows Notepad if you want to use AI

You have to pay for Windows Notepad if you want to use AI

If you thought Windows’ humble, no-frills text editor would remain untouched by Microsoft’s never-ending quest to monetize things, think again. The company dropped AI features for Notepad a few months back, and now it’s prompting users to pay for a Microsoft 365 subscription to use AI features like Rewrite. For over four decades, Notepad has been a reliable, no-nonsense text editor you could just open when you needed to jot something down withou…

After 40 years of being free Microsoft has added a paywall to Notepad

If you want full access to Notepad, Microsoft now requires users to pay, with the new changes to 40-year-old software adopting the 'freemium' model. Continue reading at TweakTown >

Microsoft has introduced the function of IA Rewrite into Notepads to help users improve their texts using the power of AI models. However, this new feature is accompanied by a drawback: if you want to use Rewrite, you need to log in with a Microsoft account and have a Microsoft 365 Personal or Active Family subscription that provides AI credits. It is always possible to use the Notepad application without Micro account...

If you are hoping for free support when writing, you cannot count on the Microsoft notepad.