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  • davehtaylor@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    Firstly, there’s no technological reason for this. It’s all rent-seeking bullshit. But the thing is, there’s no version of Office that this point that works without a subscription, which also assumes you’re probably always online, so it’s honestly moot anyway.

    It’s so tiresome. Big tech really doesn’t want people to run, own, or operate their own systems independently.

    • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club
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      1 year ago

      There isn’t money in it. Either you have to maintain it forever or you get yelled at for cutting off support by people who haven’t paid you in years.