• wltr@discuss.tchncs.de
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      3 hours ago

      I came from a background where piracy is paramount and nobody buys a single license of software, including government. All government software like Windows, offices and whatnot is pirated. Well it was when I lived there, decades ago, and I won’t be surprised to learn things didn’t change. It took me a long time to get the idea of buying software. (Frankly, I failed at it, because I prefer open source now, mostly out of principle.)

      What strikes me is how easier piracy is. Throughout my younger years, I had a full blown Microsoft everything (before I learned there’s Linux) and never paid anything to them. (They are okay with it, as apparently I had to grow up being a Microsoft guy, lol. First thing I did when I earned my own money, I bought a MacBook Pro.)

      It’s funny to discover things like this. Microslop and Adobe. Turned out their software is shit, and someone buys it, lol. Just imagine buying a Microsoft Office license! A perpetual one!

      I won’t lie, still difficult for me. Like, are all these people for real? I hope you just rofl like everyone else, and it’s sarcasm. You must be trolling us all!

  • mintiefresh@piefed.ca
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    3 hours ago

    What an awful decision from Microsoft to screw its customers.

    Just install Libre Office and move on.