Those who are familiar with Microsoft know that Microsoft has always "liked" chopping functions.
For example, in the last year, Microsoft axed 16 features on Windows 11. Because of this, some users joke that Microsoft doesn't have a "bushi" within it.
Perhaps hearing everyone's voice, Microsoft recently launched one"Microsoft Graveyard".(Microsoft Gr**Eyard).
Designed and developed by Victor Frye, it was inspired by "Killed by Google". On the Microsoft gr**eyard, the features that were axed by Microsoft are documented in detail.
Source: Microsoft Gr**Eyard
The "coffin" icon is a feature that Microsoft is about to retire, while the "tombstone" icon is a feature that has been cut off and "gone", each with a detailed "year of birth".
The fastest is 16 hours, and the longest function is turned off after 28 years of birth.
Source: Microsoft Gr**Eyard
Among them, Xiao Lei feels that it is the most pityWindows Phone and Cortana.
Windows Phone is a mobile phone operating system that was born in 2010 and ended in 2020.
Windows Phone is extremely smooth to use, and the innovative live tile design, as well as the avant-garde design such as desktop customization and swipe control, are still timeless even today.
Source: Google
However, Windows Phone eventually died in a closed ecosystem.
Microsoft strictly restricts apps on the shelves and only allows them in the Microsoft Store**, coupled with the small number of users, developers are naturally reluctant to adapt their apps.
After such a series of operations, the result is that there are fewer and fewer users, and finally it is difficult to escape the fate of "being buried".
Source: Google
Let's take a look at Cortana.
Cortana, the first AI assistant released by Microsoft, was born in 2014 and was completely shut down in 2023.
Perhaps everyone is more familiar with its Chinese name "Microsoft Xiaona", which records user behavior and habits, combined with data analysis, so as to achieve human-computer interaction.
By now, the momentum of artificial intelligence has long been unstoppable, but why has Cortana, which was born in 2014, still been abandoned?
Source: Google
The first is that the market is highly competitive, with Apple's Siri, Google Assistant, etc. offering smarter features, resulting in a low demand for Cortana from users.
The lack of data analysis support from a sufficient number of users led to Cortana slowly becoming "not very smart" and eventually gradually forgotten.
Subsequently, Microsoft added a new AI assistant in Windows 11copilot, Cortana, which is not easy to use, is naturally "buried".
Source: Google
And so on, there are indeed a lot of functions that have been cut by Microsoft, but with this "cyber graveyard", everyone can be regarded as having a place to be missed.
The project is open source, and users can contribute more information about obsolete products through GitHub, make suggestions for improvement, etc.
It seems that Microsoft knows that users don't like the indiscriminate chopping function, but Microsoft's main focus is a "rebellion" and "do as you like".
So, now Microsoft's easy-to-use functions are used and cherished, maybe one day they will have to be stabbed by Microsoft.
Cover image source: Microsoft Gr**Eyard