Microsoft is ruining Notepad with pointless formatting in Windows 11

Microsoft is transforming Notepad into an enhanced word processor by adding formatting features like bold text, italics, and hyperlinks, which users can toggle between raw Markdown or styled content. While this update allows disabling formatting entirely, it risks simplifying simplicity, as critics argue. The changes mirror Microsoft's trend of reducing WordPad in favor of Notepad, prompting concerns about whether the tool is evolving into a bloated utility instead of staying true to its original purpose—a no-frills editor for quick tasks and writing code without distractions.