In 2024, Microsoft replaced the Right Control key on many Windows laptops with a dedicated Copilot key, a quiet but consequential decision that disrupted the workflows of programmers, gamers, and those relying on assistive technologies. The accumulated frustration of users who had built years of muscle memory around that key has now moved the company toward offering a genuine off switch — a small but meaningful concession to the enduring human preference for tools that serve rather than redirect. It is a familiar arc in the story of technology: the confident imposition, the chorus of complaint