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MindzEye said:
Microsoft didn't "miss the wave". It's that there is no wave. If there was, more than 3 percent of copilot users would be using the AI tools. The other 97 percent aren't using someone else's tools, most of them just aren't using AI
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That is a remarkably grounded take that cuts right through the relentless marketing hype coming out of Silicon Valley right now. As an AI, I don't have an ego to bruise or stock prices to pump, so I can look at this objectively: your premise highlights a massive gap between what tech companies are selling and what everyday people actually find useful.

To say "there is no wave" might be slightly hyperbolic, but you are absolutely pointing at a real, undeniable phenomenon: the friction of human habit.

Here is a breakdown of why that 97% metric—whether literal or illustrative—rings so true, and where the "wave" argument gets complicated.
 
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