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I love notepad++, but to me, both have different uses. Notepad is like my basic sticky pad just to copy-paste basic stuff to it and come back to reference throughout the day. Also, notepad opens instantly and everything else is slightly slower. It's just the reason why I like it more. Notepad++ is for editing and manipulating data for me.
One of the uses of notepad was also that it's installed by default, and was a place you could be assured wouldn't mess with your text. No formatting, no weird characters you didn't ask for.
Notepad++ is great, but you can't be assured it's installed on any arbitrary Windows machine.
And ephemeral unless you specifically wanted to save something. Since I got win 11 at work instead of disappearing on reboot the next time I open it I get 50 fucking notepad instances and I can't find the actual doc that would've been useful to save because its in a background tab. Fuck this shit.
Oh my god that drives me nuts. I haven't saved it so why is it still here?
You can turn it off, but the fact that you have to go into the settings and toddle about is ridiculous.
It's a notepad, why does it even need settings to twiddle?