This is the plan all along. It’s not about porn, it’s not even about control. It’s about teaching Americans a second language. You know who’s behind this? Duolingo and Big Language.

It’s still there, but turning it off still won’t let you associate txt files with the old notepad.

Simply uninstalling the app works fine though, then it defaults to the old one.

“I want to start with a blank slate”

There’s a setting for that.

“I don’t want tabs”

This one’s trickier: there’s only a setting to open existing files in a new window; you’ll still have tabs.