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1. nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Nov-2023 17:33:59 JST nixCraft 🐧

   Please, EU and other governments make desktop software yearly subscriptions illegal from the likes of Microsoft, Adobe, and others. This is nothing but another example of crash grabs. I hate this so much. What do you think?

   • A Grantler (agrantler@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Nov-2023 17:53:16 JST A Grantler

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     @nixCraft I absolutely agree with you.

   • cmmdmx (cmmdmx@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Nov-2023 18:00:42 JST cmmdmx

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     @nixCraft I hate it, too. I still use MS stuff because... difficult to find an alternative and together with 1TB Cloud Storage it feel kinda okay.

     Adobe is 100% banned. Don't even use their free products. Affinity has good alternatives for image editing, Davinci Resolve is a better alternative to premiere. PDF? Browser.

   • Atanas Laskov 🏳️‍🌈 (laskov@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Nov-2023 18:12:32 JST Atanas Laskov 🏳️‍🌈

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     @nixCraft i don't think the EU alone has enough power to enforce that, it would have to be the US regulators and the EU at the same time.

   • Uair (poloniousmonk@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Nov-2023 18:20:56 JST Uair

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     @nixCraft The word "purchase" has become completely transmogrified. I dare you to try to "purchase" any piece of software today. It's all rented, and as the "internet of things" develops, material products will come to resemble your router, with a monthly fee for an upgrade whenever your corporate overlord feels like it.

   • Rastal (rastal@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Nov-2023 18:32:30 JST Rastal

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     @nixCraft Free and open source software solves this issue. Want a free Office suite, LibreOffice. Want a free Photoshop alternative, GIMP.

   • Tagomago (tagomago@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Nov-2023 19:07:42 JST Tagomago

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     @nixCraft Great news for libre software.

   • Konrad Kołakowski (kkolakowski@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Nov-2023 19:53:32 JST Konrad Kołakowski

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     @nixCraft Previously it wasn't that much different: with new version released every few years. The only (good) difference was, that you could still use old version as long as it worked for you.

     Some companies are still having similar model, despite being "officially" on subscriptions: you have one year of updates but can still use last version as long as you want.

     IMO: Users must vote with their wallets and downloads. I don't use Office for years now, using Apple Numbers & Pages for home docs.

   • Duncan Bourne (macuamhanrigh@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Nov-2023 21:17:34 JST Duncan Bourne

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     @nixCraft
     I stopped upgrading with CS4 which i keep on an old Mac off grid. It does everything i want to do and i can easily transfer it to my main computer. I estimate that it has cost me around £47 a year
     Similarly with MS word. Still running the old programme.
     I do think that in the early days there was good need to upgrade and there is always the virus problem, but i find a lot of programmes now are bloated and poorly designed requiring ever more processing power to run.

   • BraveryTEWalker (braverytewalker@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Nov-2023 21:27:49 JST BraveryTEWalker

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     @nixCraft

     I used to not mind subscriptions until every. Single. App. Used them.

   • Nick (onestar@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Nov-2023 21:54:06 JST Nick

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     @nixCraft Microsoft office is usually still sold when buying a new PC. Gotta make sure to chose that instead of "office 365." Completely agree though, such software i'll never support as a subscription. Libre Office works for most anything unless your company requires using outlook+office 365.

   • Thom (tallthom@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Nov-2023 23:01:41 JST Thom

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     @nixCraft unfortunately is required at my workplace. But I keep trying to use Libre when I find compatible docs that work. Luckily the office provides office so I am not paying myself.

   • Will_Phelps (will_phelps@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Nov-2023 23:09:29 JST Will_Phelps

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     @nixCraft LibreOffice is always free. For most users, it does everything they'll need.

     If Microsoft keeps getting bolder in what they demand for use of the Office suite, then perhaps there will be enough supporters to fund cosmetic updates to LibreOffice.

     #LibreOffice #FOSS #FreeSoftware #Microsoft #Office

   • sully1503 (sully1503@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Nov-2023 00:11:20 JST sully1503

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     @nixCraft It doesn’t though. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/p/office-professional-2021/cfq7ttc0hhj9?activetab=pivot:overviewtab

   • Hawkmoon (hawkmoon@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Nov-2023 09:33:22 JST Hawkmoon

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     @nixCraft

     All of this is the result of WoW.

     When companies saw people paying $15 a month to play a game, they all piled on.