By Simon Batt
Publication Date: 2026-02-23 06:49:00
Summary
- Microsoft crowns Copilot as Windows’ top productivity app—company heavily promotes it.
- The “best apps” list includes only Microsoft apps and services; no third‑party tools appear.
- Ranking feels self‑serving; consider an alternate 9‑tool list that mixes Windows and third‑party apps.
There’s a meme that makes its rounds around the internet. It’s an edited image of ther 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama, giving a Presidential Medal of Freedom to someone. The edit changes the recipient to also be Barack Obama, thus depicting him giving himself a medal, and is often used whenever a business or person give…