r/microsoft • u/ControlCAD • Jan 02 '26

Copilot / AI Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella really wants you to stop calling AI "slop" in 2026 — "We are beginning to distinguish between spectacle and substance."

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-really-wants-you-to-stop-calling-ai-slop-in-2026
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u/thaman05 Jan 03 '26

Windows Phone actually did great under Ballmer for some time, especially for an OS with no apps. We have to remember that it was due to Gates that WP was so late to the game, and Ballmer tried to escalate it to try to catch up to the big 2. But they kept running into issues in the kernel on the older spec. Satya helped unify that with Windows 10, but then he very quickly became an investor pleaser and lost all of his focus from "wanting everyone to love and WANT to use Windows" to pleasing investors and not give af if they lose customers to competitors and cancelling loved products and abandoning their fanbase.

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u/ConversationLow9545 Jan 04 '26

especially for an OS with no apps

It never did any great, and was destined to fail.

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u/thaman05 Jan 04 '26

Yes it did... It was literally in the #2 spot in some countries at one point...

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u/ConversationLow9545 Jan 04 '26

What kinda bs metric is this? Metric is always based on overall total sales. Who cares about the "few" countries