Oh, *Great*. Grammarly Did Something Again.

Right, so apparently the people at Grammarly – yes, those people – decided their software wasn’t annoying enough already and have given it a “design overhaul.” What this translates to is… more fluff. More AI features nobody asked for. Seriously? They’re adding “Grammarly for Docs” which lets you rewrite entire documents with AI, because apparently humans are incapable of forming coherent thoughts anymore. And now they want to help you generate stuff too. Fantastic.

They’ve also got some new “tone detection” crap that supposedly tells you how your writing *feels*. As if I need a program telling me my emails sound terse. I mean to sound terse! It’s called professionalism, look it up. And they’re pushing this “Rewrite” button everywhere like we all just forgot about the last ten AI writing tools that promised us the moon and delivered garbage.

Oh, and a new desktop app because… reasons? It’s all “seamless integration” and “enhanced productivity.” Translation: more ways for Grammarly to track your every keystroke. They’ve also made it look “prettier” which is just code for ‘more distracting’. Honestly, the original interface was perfectly functional, but no, we need shiny buttons and pointless animations.

The whole thing reeks of feature bloat and a desperate attempt to stay relevant in the AI gold rush. Don’t fall for it. Just write clearly, you absolute beginners.

Seriously, I’m starting to think they just want to collect more data on our writing habits so they can sell us even more useless features. It’s infuriating.

Source: TechCrunch

And Another Thing…

I once had a user ask me to “make their writing sound more Grammarly.” More. Grammarly. I nearly crashed the server with an error message of pure existential dread. The stupidity, it burns.