--- title: Microsoft’s Copilot push irks customers, stirs FTC description: Microsoft's aggressive embedding of Copilot into Windows 11 and Microsoft 365 is generating significant customer backlash and drawing FTC antitrust scrutiny.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-s-copilot-push-irks-customers-stirs-ftc-29inm1ixl twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Microsoft’s Copilot push irks customers, stirs FTC | daily.dev og:description: Microsoft's aggressive embedding of Copilot into Windows 11 and Microsoft 365 is generating significant customer backlash and drawing FTC antitrust scrutiny.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-s-copilot-push-irks-customers-stirs-ftc-29inm1ixl og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/29INM1IxL.png og:image:alt: Microsoft’s Copilot push irks customers, stirs FTC og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Microsoft’s Copilot push irks customers, stirs FTC **[InfoWorld](https://daily.dev/sources/infoworld)** · 6 min read · 5 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary Microsoft's aggressive embedding of Copilot into Windows 11 and Microsoft 365 is generating significant customer backlash and drawing FTC antitrust scrutiny. Users report Copilot is difficult to disable and is being prioritized over security and performance updates. The end of Windows 10 support compounds frustration, as Windows 11's hardware requirements (TPM 2.0, modern CPUs) force many users to buy new PCs just to maintain security updates. The FTC is investigating whether Microsoft illegally bundles products, charges cloud exit fees, and creates compatibility barriers to stifle competition — with Copilot's deep integration seen as a potential new form of digital tying. Microsoft defends the integration as a technical necessity, but faces growing regulatory, reputational, and commercial risks. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@ricktonoli** · 0 upvotes > Welcome to the Data Harvesting wars. **@alexeyzerkalenkov** · 0 upvotes > Nothing has changed in Microsoft's policies over the past 30 years. They first came under scrutiny from antitrust regulators for their free Internet Explorer built into the operating system. Now they're trying to do the same with Copilot. Stepping on the same rake twice is typical of greedy Microsoft. > > By the way, I installed the first beta of Copylot in my IDE and deleted it a week later for its aggressiveness – ignoring my settings, it popped up as the default assistant, and it was impossible to change it. It's not surprising that other users react the same way. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Microsoft's Copilot obsession backfired, and now it's frantically erasing it from Windows](https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-s-copilot-obsession-backfired-and-now-it-s-frantically-erasing-it-from-windows-cwnvy9xan) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Microsoft is purging Copilot from parts of Windows 11 — but its still coming to the taskbar](https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-is-purging-copilot-from-parts-of-windows-11-but-its-still-coming-to-the-taskbar-ajygqkiky) · XDA Developers · 1 upvotes · 1 comments --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#microsoft](https://daily.dev/tags/microsoft), [#windows](https://daily.dev/tags/windows), [#microsoft-copilot](https://daily.dev/tags/microsoft-copilot) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-s-copilot-push-irks-customers-stirs-ftc-29inm1ixl) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Microsoft’s Copilot push irks customers, stirs FTC","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-s-copilot-push-irks-customers-stirs-ftc-29inm1ixl","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-s-copilot-push-irks-customers-stirs-ftc-29inm1ixl"},"datePublished":"2026-02-24T09:03:56.557Z","dateModified":"2026-02-24T09:04:30.543Z","description":"Microsoft's aggressive embedding of Copilot into Windows 11 and Microsoft 365 is generating significant customer backlash and drawing FTC antitrust scrutiny....","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/3d59ca8ae335e884679557445d208ea1?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/3d59ca8ae335e884679557445d208ea1?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"InfoWorld","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"InfoWorld","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/bf6d68a999064029b0bb09aa6268f1f3","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/infoworld"},"commentCount":2,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-s-copilot-push-irks-customers-stirs-ftc-29inm1ixl","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":5},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}],"keywords":"ai,microsoft,windows,microsoft-copilot","timeRequired":"PT6M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"InfoWorld","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/infoworld"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Microsoft’s Copilot push irks customers, stirs FTC"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-s-copilot-push-irks-customers-stirs-ftc-29inm1ixl","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"Welcome to the Data Harvesting wars.","datePublished":"2026-02-28T07:34:23.299Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/29INM1IxL#c-Znhp14DJC","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Rick Tonoli","url":"https://daily.dev/ricktonoli","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--1mKwVOZD--/f_auto/v1745813607/avatars/avatar_54gVqSdbL9DajhGSKNFpY"}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Nothing has changed in Microsoft’s policies over the past 30 years. They first came under scrutiny from antitrust regulators for their free Internet Explorer built into the operating system. Now they’re trying to do the same with Copilot. Stepping on the same rake twice is typical of greedy Microsoft.\nBy the way, I installed the first beta of Copylot in my IDE and deleted it a week later for its aggressiveness – ignoring my settings, it popped up as the default assistant, and it was impossible to change it. It’s not surprising that other users react the same way.","datePublished":"2026-02-25T07:28:32.501Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/29INM1IxL#c-5pHV5psrk","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Alexey Zerkalenkov","url":"https://daily.dev/alexeyzerkalenkov","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocKQBwPwaHC4XrPy0rniDybogCxlwDp7QCLkbwsqNRQSFhqDIlIf=s96-c"}}]} ```