Windows 11 adds AI agent that runs in background with access to personal folders

Re:Windows 11 adds AI agent that runs in background with acc... by thewebguyd on Monday November 17, 2025 @11:33PM (#45961431)

> The ideas seem sourced from some brain-trust of idle-rich , rather than from the average US consumer

I think it says more about the economy currently. The "average US consumer" is the wealthy right now. Just 10% of the population, the highest earners, drive nearly 50% of consumption currently and that number is growing.

That is the new average US consumer, hence the ads and use cases targeting a more well-off demographic. Everyone else has been left behind.

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Re:Windows 11 adds AI agent that runs in background with acc... by Terr_ on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @01:23AM (#45961967)

Adding context: The upper 10% for household income across the US is about $160k/yr.

Limiting the scope to people living in high cost-of-living cities (probably smaller than their ideal customer field) that might be $300-400k/yr.

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Re:Windows 11 adds AI agent that runs in background with acc... by A4ET8a8uTh0_v2 on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @05:00AM (#45963252)

I think my marketing professor said something interesting about it a decade or so ago. Basically, in the US we are moving towards heavy bifurcation. You can cater to the well-off or not well-off. The class was full of kids, who did not seem to understand the implications of what he was already saying then ( not that it technically is that mindblowing, the signs are there.. ).

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