it's part of a weird cross-branding thing with qualcomm where they're including "ai accelerator" chips in new snapdragon socs, and microsoft is inventing a "Copilot+" brand to slap on new hardware that uses these socs in order to pretend they have some sort of real-world use
Windows on ARM is fully in the "cruel joke" software category; it's basically a scam where they disguise chromebooks as real laptops and sell them for 2x the price of a chromebook, but slightly cheaper than a computer. No one has ever intentionally bought a windows ARM machine; they are only purchased by accident. Adding an AI keylogger to the new models will not help
I'm not saying any of this is Good but I AM saying probably don't panic. You're not going to wake up tomorrow and find this shit patched onto your previously-working PC
Obviously it's still possible they'll try to inflict this on real computers SOME day, but that's not the product they're currently attempting to sell
That’s why it’s exclusive to the Qualcomm devices for now, but that’s the main thing; if you want Copilot branding you need an NPU. Recall itself needs an NPU of at least 40 TOPS and neither the AMD or Intel offerings meet that.
Yet.
It probably won’t be back ported, so your existing hardware is safe from this particular bit of egregious spyware, but it’s not reliant on ARM and it means there’s a very good chance your future computer purchases will need further consideration.
Which is kind of amusing honestly - the best time to think about an OS switch would be when building or buying an all new PC.


