Microsoft Office support in Windows 10 ends in October too - what that really means
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I forced it on our office over maybe 15 years ago, I've finally just about stopped receiving complaints. The vast majority of the push back was document compatibility, but not in the way you think.
The problem was the original document was created by a fucktard or opened by one, so many people don't know how to correctly format a document using styles, know how to use page breaks, line breaks, etc etc. that's us recieving documents and creating documents.
To be fair I didn't initially fully understand this as well, but it literally took me 4 hours to read the manual.Other problems include Microsoft's fuckery using a supposedly open standard and allow proprietary code/content within the same open standard.
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Problem for them is under the current subscription model, the apps need to periodically phone home to check the license status or else they cease work.
The alternative is paying Microsoft for an expensive perpetual license of the last set of offline-only apps, which are from 2021.
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And don't get me started with special macros and basic code that only works in ms office.
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Or OnlyOffice. It lacks a lot of features but is an easier sell in a lot of cases because of the much more modern interface.
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I'll keep on using Google docs like I do now. BAM
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Databases basically built inside excel
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Or Access, which is the real reason my office will never switch. It's an ever growing mountain of labor to transfer that to something else
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Freetaxusa.com does pretty much what turbo tax does. Federal filing for free, pretty sure they just charge $15 for state. If your taxes are too complex for freetaxusa you probably shouldn't use turbo tax anyway.
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To replace TurboTax I reccomend freetaxusa.com.
Works exactly like TurboTax without giving any money to Intuit. Federal filing is free but you do have to pay to file state taxes through them ($14.99). It will ask several times if you want to buy their audit protection but you can just select no and keep going.
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Visual studio code has vs codium, which is a free and open source alternative. I've tested it a bit and it's really nice! But yeah, not vs
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Yeah I tried vscode but itās just similar enough to vs yet different enough to be frustrating
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So I did consider that before going with the VM. My big issue with that is that it looks like a lot of sensitive information is stored online, whereas TurboTax stores my information on the local machine and only transmits as needed.
Any feedback to the contrary would be appreciated
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You have the same options you always had. Upgrade to Windows 11, switch to Apple, switch to *nix.
I just nuked windows off my last computer and went pure Linux.
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I wonder if this also means that specialty license of 10 that isn't stopping support. I was considering using that before going to 11. The name escapes me of what it was, though.
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I mean has a word processor really changed much since 2021?
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Libreoffice with the ribbon interface looks about the same to me.
OnlyOffice is basically an electron browser app IIRC which is why the performance is so poor.
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At that point I'd just use one of the tools to bypass checks. Would still have legitimate licenses and everything.
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I think the question is more "Will Microsoft ever make an offline release again?"
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The number of people who move text around by adding spaces is too damn high!
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You shouldn't trust TurboTax so much.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/03/01/turbotax-privacy-tax-return-2024/
They also keep trying to trick you into giving consent:
https://www.moneytalksnews.com/are-turbotax-and-hr-block-sharing-your-personal-info/
They also lobby to keep taxes complex.
