Neowin News Feed for: Backlash

Microsoft faces heat after quietly blocking promised Office features on Apple systems

Sayan Sen — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:50:01 +0000

Microsoft is facing growing backlash for silently restricting Office capabilities that had been earlier promised to users on Apple devices. Read more...

Office users hated the new Copilot button, now Microsoft is changing it

Usama Jawad — Fri, 22 May 2026 04:00:01 +0000

Microsoft is finally giving Office users a way to move the controversial floating Copilot button after widespread complaints. Read more...

Excel users are raging over Microsoft's unremovable Copilot button inside their sheets

Usama Jawad — Sat, 16 May 2026 09:12:01 +0000

Excel users are blasting Microsoft over a new Copilot button they say clutters sheets, blocks content, and cannot truly be disabled. Read more...

Microsoft faces fresh criticism for removing "HUGELY impactful" Outlook feature

Usama Jawad — Tue, 05 May 2026 12:54:01 +0000

A seemingly small Outlook change sparks major frustration, with users urging Microsoft to reverse course as complaints pile up across forums and feedback channels. Read more...

Microsoft Teams users are extremely angry at new banner asking them to pay

Usama Jawad — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:00:01 +0000

Microsoft Teams sparks backlash by surfacing “Unlock Premium” as a persistent banner, with users calling it intrusive, unremovable, and poor UX. Read more...

Microsoft now offering chance to win $1 million or a car if you switch to Edge

Usama Jawad — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:02:01 +0000

Microsoft dangles $1 million prizes and Mercedes-AMG cars inside Edge as persistent pop-ups potentially spark fresh "bribery" backlash. Read more...

Microsoft keeps getting roasted whenever it tries to promote Copilot

Usama Jawad — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 19:34:02 +0000

Microsoft apparently can't figure out how to market Copilot to the masses, and as a result, it's getting roasted regularly on social media. Read more...

Microsoft: We see all the backlash and we know we have a lot to fix in Windows

Usama Jawad — Sun, 16 Nov 2025 01:40:02 +0000

After receiving a ton of backlash for sharing plans about Windows evolving as an AI-powered 'agentic OS', Microsoft has more to say on the topic. Read more...

Microsoft confirms Windows 11 is about to change massively, gets enormous backlash

Sayan Sen — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 05:44:01 +0000

A senior Microsoft official who is the Windows chief has confirmed that the OS is set to "evolve" in a big way, however, there has been a massive backlash. Read more...

Microsoft mostly reverts to old naming standard for Windows Update after community backlash

Usama Jawad — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 14:28:01 +0000

Following backlash from IT admins, Microsoft has seemingly confirmed that it will be mostly reversing its decision regarding the 'simplification' of titles for Windows Update. Read more...

Microsoft delays Exchange Online feature after major backlash from frustrated IT admins

Usama Jawad — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 10:08:01 +0000

Microsoft has delayed an upcoming Exchange Online feature after public frustration from IT admins. The "enhancement" was supposed to roll out next week. Read more...

Mercedes-Benz cars are getting a $1200/year online subscription... to make them go faster

Usama Jawad — Fri, 25 Nov 2022 05:00:01 +0000

Mercedes-Benz has announced a seemingly ludicrous subscription model that allows customers to pay a $1200/year fee to make their cars accelerate faster. The "feature" is not coming to the UK. Read more...

Rotterdam bridge won't be dismantled to let Jeff Bezos' superyacht through after all

Usama Jawad — Sun, 03 Jul 2022 06:52:02 +0000

Following threats of an egg throwing protest, yacht construction company Oceano will not dismantle a historic bridge that would have allowed Jeff Bezos' $500 million superyacht to sail out to the sea. Read more...

Tripwire CEO steps down following controversial remarks on Texas anti-abortion law

Usama Jawad — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 06:48:02 +0000

Following massive backlash to Tripwire CEO John Gibson's controversial statement in favor of Texas' anti-abortion law, the studio has announced that the executive will be stepping down from his role. Read more...

Microsoft backpedals on Xbox Live Gold pricing, free-to-play games won't require subscription

Usama Jawad — Sat, 23 Jan 2021 05:16:46 +0000

Following massive backlash from users of Xbox Live Gold, Microsoft has backpedaled on its decision to increase the program's price. Free-to-play games will not require a Gold subscription either. Read more...

Apple reverses stance about popular Mac app being named after a drug

Usama Jawad — Sun, 03 Jan 2021 06:14:02 +0000

Apple recently stated that the Amphetamine app for Mac would be removed from the App Store for being named after a drug and featuring a pill icon. Now, the company has reversed its stance. Read more...

EA removes ads from UFC 4 following backlash

Usama Jawad — Sun, 06 Sep 2020 13:14:01 +0000

EA is facing backlash for adding in-game commercials for Amazon's The Boys in UFC 4. The company has now removed the ads and apologized for not communicating changes to players ahead of time. Read more...

With Metro Exodus skipping Steam, gamers are review-bombing other Metro games

Usama Jawad — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 07:22:01 +0000

After receiving news that highly-anticipated AAA title Metro Exodus is skipping Steam just a few days prior to launch, hordes of angry gamers have review-bombed other Metro games on Steam in protest. Read more...

Microsoft ditches warning against installing rival browsers in latest Windows 10 build

Ruel Revales — Sat, 15 Sep 2018 06:08:01 +0000

Following negative comments from users, Microsoft has reversed its controversial move discouraging consumers from installing third-party browsers on Windows 10, as evidenced in Windows 10 build 17760. Read more...

Sony faces backlash over blocking cross-play and progression in Fortnite on PS4 and Switch

Usama Jawad — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 06:38:01 +0000

Sony is currently facing a lot of backlash for blocking cross-play and progression between the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. Owners of both consoles can't sync their purchases as well. Read more...

Valve faces backlash for allowing school-shooting game on Steam

Usama Jawad — Fri, 25 May 2018 10:54:01 +0000

Valve has got itself into hot water for allowing a game, which allows you to "hunt and destroy" children in a school-shooting, on Steam. The developer says not to take the title too "seriously". Read more...

Mozilla creates new rules for browser SHIELD studies

Paul Hill — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 10:30:01 +0000

Mozilla has addressed the Mr. Robot game, again, which it deployed in some users' browsers without consent. It has set out some guidelines to ensure this sort of gaffe never happens again. Read more...

YouTube star Logan Paul gets into hot water for insensitive dead body video

Usama Jawad — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 12:16:01 +0000

American YouTuber Logan Paul is receiving backlash for publishing an insensitive video featuring an apparent suicide victim in Japan's Aokigahara forest. The vlogger has already apologized. Read more...

HTC's default keyboard app is now showing ads [Update]

Usama Jawad — Sun, 16 Jul 2017 21:34:01 +0000

It appears that the TouchPal keyboard app, which comes pre-installed on many Android devices - primarily HTC's - has suddenly started to show advertisements, leading to online backlash. Read more...

Facebook faces backlash after murderer uploads footage of his crime [Update]

Mina Esapa — Tue, 18 Apr 2017 14:52:01 +0000

On Sunday, 16 April, a man was killed in Cleveland. His murderer uploaded a video of the crime to Facebook, where it was shared thousands of times. Facebook has faced strong criticism as a result. Read more...

Apple sells products worth $4.2 billion in New Zealand, faces backlash for diverting taxes

Muhammad Zaid Tariq — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 07:58:01 +0000

Apple has recently come under fire from authorities, as well as the public in New Zealand, for selling products worth $4.2 billion NZD in the country, and yet paying no local taxes. Read more...

Google: There was never a 'Palestine' on Maps to be removed in the first place

Usama Jawad — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 08:32:01 +0000

Google claims that - contrary to recent claims - there was never a 'Palestine' on its Maps to be removed in the first place. However, another glitch did remove the 'West Bank' and 'Gaza Strip' labels. Read more...

EE faces customer backlash over new ‘priority' service charge

Andy Weir — Sat, 16 Aug 2014 16:15:29 +0000

After introducing a new option for customers to pay £0.50 to jump the queue on the phone to its call centres, EE is facing backlash from its customers, who are already displeased with its service. Read more...

Open-Source Backlash

Mon, 05 Jan 2004 19:05:43 +0000

The open-source community is rallying against comments made by The SCO Group CEO Darl McBride late last month that the GPL, under which Linux and open-source software is distributed, violates the U.S. Constitution as well... Read more...

Patch Backlash

Thu, 18 Dec 2003 04:17:06 +0000

Is Microsoft doing enough to fix its security mess? We asked its users, who wonder how things got this bad in the first place. "It's like having a car where the locks... Read more...

Patch Backlash

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 16 Dec 2003 09:44:43 +0000

Angry, frustrated, fed up: That's how many [PCWorld.com] visitors feel about the seemingly endless revelations of security holes in Windows and the cavalcade of patches Microsoft issues to fix them. How do we know? We... Read more...