Microsoft tests ad-supported Office apps for Windows users
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Oh look at that, it's 'swap to linux' o'clock.
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You don't even have to for this one. Just use Libre Office; been using it for years.
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‘swap to linux’ o’clock
On a 100% unrelated note. This reminded me of a Half Life / Eve colab video: Clear Skies. It's hot drop o'clock!
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That’s like saying you can continue to do business with the guy who keeps trying to stab you if you keep out of arm’s reach.
It’s not wrong, but it’s not addressing the underlying problem.
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If someone is feeling locked into the Microsoft ecosystem, empowering them to unshackle themselves from a large part of it is important. It makes the transition later so, so much easier when you don't need to figure out OS-agnostic softwares across the board.
That said, if you are thinking of ripping the band-aid off all at once, I am 100% on board with it. Just not everyone is ready for it.
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Of course they do
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What? Do you NOT do business regularly with Roberto from Futurama?
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Cough except for legginess on Wayland cough
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Dang, hard to think, I've been running Linux for like 14 years now..
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You can just switch to Libre, but as Microsoft products (even paid) enshittify and as the Linux scene makes itself more user friendly, switching the rest of the way over just kind of starts to make sense.
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I'm not even a fan or advocate of linux. I find the whole system to be confusing, and lacking in compatability.
That being said, it REALLY feels like somehow linux is controlling microsoft to make windows as bad as humanly possible to force people to switch. I know they won't, but it really feels like microsoft is almost DARING people to switch.
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I took a couple years off of linux for the sake of gaming, but literally when those games could be run on linux i went back.
Started in 04. took a couple years off in the late 2010's. It's been a wild ride for me.
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you already did this before.....
office 2010 starter. slightly reduced functionality word and excel, and 'office to go' usb creator. had ads. only ever saw/see generic microsoft ones. like they never actually tried selling the space to anyone.
came preinstalled on new systems from major oems during a short window between ms works' retirement and office 2013's release.
tanked sales of 'real' office enough that it was pulled less than two years later and never tried again.
until now.
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That was the direction I was getting. Plus linux works fine without TPM 2.0, unlike windows 11. So no real need to axe existing hardware, and unlike the bad old days your hardware is likely well supported.
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Roberto is a special case. For him it isn't a choice, for microsoft it is.
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Oddly enough Microsoft is on a board that directs the companies that are part of open software backing so in a strange way you ... aren't? Entirely wrong?
I think?
I dunno.
Your comment made my head hurt.
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Just take a deep breath and imagine you're a pinguin, it'll be fine
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Been using LibreOffice and OnlyOffice since university, well over a decade ago, haven't once missed MSOffice.
