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

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

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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.

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Which have absolutely no place in notepad, and no one asked for.

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