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Microsoft punishes idiots who purchased a "perpetual" license of Office 2019 for Mac by disabling it next month, pirates unaffected (www.theverge.com)
submitted 2 months ago by FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/48806122

A license verification certificate expires and when it expires, Microsoft Office for Mac assumes it's unlicensed even if it has been fully paid for.

So, any idiot who paid for Office 2019 for Mac "perpetual" will lose access to it next month.

The same will happen with Office 2021 and Office 2024 in the future.

Pirates are unaffected, only who paid for the product gets punished

Good job 👍🏻

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[–] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Idiots?

I'm not one of them, but what makes them idiots? Seems kind of uncalled for.

[–] FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It just wouldn’t be a lemmy post without a smug sense of superiority.

[–] liuther9@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago

Seems like you feel superior to them

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

From the OP of the original post: https://lemmy.ml/comment/26214965

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Getting a Post not found on that one.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Weird. Works fine for me. Here's the text:

Disclaimer: I wrote "idiot" to describe someone who paid for the product not because they're actually idiots, but it's because Microsoft is treating them like that: their official solution on the website is "simply subscribe to the latest and greatest or buy a new "perpetual" license to office 2024 to continue using what you paid for"

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Ah okay, thank you for pasting that in for me.

I see, that makes sense, then. It was a bit hard to know that it was from that perspective. 😅

[–] stylusmobilus@aussie.zone 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That’s what I’m thinking

I bought the win version, because I have a five year old win 10 computer I’m using until win 10 is no longer supported, and I can’t get office for free anymore.

When win 10 is no longer supported, that’s a Linux computer.

Would I be an idiot, if they cancelled support for mine? I guess so. I’m waiting for some edgelord to tell me I am, probably accompanied by y0u sH00d jUsT g0 LinUx n0w

[–] victorz@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago

Yeah, no rush.

Come on over to the Linux side when it suits you. You're welcome to the family when you're ready and that computer is ready. 🤟

[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I suppose they call them idiots because they trusted microslop's "eternal" definition and even paid for it when there are FOSS alternatives?

[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A: gets scammed by company

B: You're so stupid, you should have known that company was going to scam you.

[–] wltr@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

As if Microsoft was founded just yesterday and wasn’t scamming everyone at everything for like decades, right?