Additionally, I'm aware that HN users are a more niche tech savvy demo but the vast majority of people will interact with AI for the first time thru copilot on Windows, Edge and all Msft apps/services - that's not a bad thing, that's just the way it is considering their market share and ubiquitous usage.
I have always used windows for some computing, mostly gaming but I'm quite impressed with what they've done so far with copilot and it's integration - I've even seen ads for the first time online in over a decade bc I find myself just naturally using edge
I may already be able to talk to Copilot - I've yet to try since I heard they were adding that feature.
I think this is more symbolic than functional necessarily. The last time they made a change to keyboards was to add the windows key when they were launching 95 and at the time they were essentially declaring that windows was a really big deal, so big that it would justify a button - bc it was going to stay that way. In 94 that may have seemed uncertain but...
That was 30 years ago. By their own statements they are comparing copilot to windows itself as far as significance.
I have always used windows for some computing, mostly gaming but I'm quite impressed with what they've done so far with copilot and it's integration - I've even seen ads for the first time online in over a decade bc I find myself just naturally using edge