Word has all of these areas currently within Microsoft Word and they also have an entire section around checking the inclusiveness of wording and has done so since 2020, but I don't see a tweet about that...
I can understand why. Google is the primary information distributor for billions of people, and they have the power to push said people towards any policy they so desire. Regardless of one's political background, any push of Google towards defining what is and is not acceptable for people to say or believe is EXTREMELY disturbing.
As I said, Microsoft has been doing these same checks for a number of years but nobody has thrown their arms up in the air at Microsoft. I would argue that Word is more common than Google docs.
Not everything is a malicious agenda, inclusiveness as an example and it’s use in writing is a big focus across a large number of organisations. Having my text editor pick up my systematic use of gender specific language would be helpful for me to consider.
Word is more common and also less intrusive, and unlike Google Docs, you can still use a much older version before they introduced this stuff (and I suspect many people do.)
I don't know what you mean by "a number of years" but I'm reasonably sure Word 2016 didn't have this, or if it is, it's not enabled by default.
You can't if you use the Office 365 suite of products.
My point is I don't understand the point of this Tweet or its relevance. The title of the article in question says "Google Docs will start nudging some users to write less dumbly". The article also references the fact that Google is introducing these features to compete with companies like Grammarly who are offering these types of service already.
In addition, these additional features are only enabled on the workspace version of Google, for now.
In my opinion, there is no problem in releasing features which improve the long standing spelling & grammar checks word processing tools have had for many many years.
