• latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 days ago

    I don’t get it, does Microsoft WANT everyone to stop using their products? First they fuck up their OSes, then they start planting shady shit in their OSes, and now it’s down to every single goddamned piece of software they poop out! What in the fuck are they even doing!

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      Office is the product that helped keep Microsoft ticking over. The world is too dependant on Office and people won’t abandon it just because of this.

      My fat fingers keep trying to type Microsoft Orifice.

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      I’m pretty sure most regular users will not even notice the charge, and find it useful down the line. Cause one day they will mess something up, complain to MS that they “lost their work”, will be pointed to the cloud where everything was synced, and rejoice. Most users don’t really care about the implications that their documents are in the cloud.

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      They’re rent-seeking, more than they already are. The data must flow for training, actively burned bridges be damned.