For the first time in 40 years, Windows will ship without built-in word processor

Pete Hahnloser@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org – 213 points –
arstechnica.com

Thus ending our long national nightmare of accidentally opening things in WordPad on a fresh install.

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Tbf I haven't used wordpad for a very long time. If ever.

I avoid it because if I'm editing a text file wordpad would just mess it up.

Maybe if it's an rtf file I need wordpad.

But word is available.

But word is available.

Not for me. It's just too expensive for a task that I very rarely need and there are good free alternatives (like Wordpad - though that's not the one I use personally).