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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 19 hours 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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[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip -2 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Well, you're not wrong, but who the heck buys a "perpetual" license for a Microsoft product unless it's for a company? And especially why pay for stupid boost water office if you could have libre for free?

If it's not stupidity then at least ignorance. Doesn't mean Microsoft is an arse for doing that.

[–] MangoPenguin@piefed.social 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

who the heck buys a “perpetual” license for a Microsoft product

Office used to always be a perpetual license, so nearly average person that needed an office suite bought one.

[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 0 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Doesn't change my point. Why pay for it? Either just use it for free or get libreoffice. If I pay a thing from a corpo like MS, behavior like that is totally to be expected. Why even be surprised?

[–] MangoPenguin@piefed.social 1 points 36 minutes ago* (last edited 36 minutes ago)

It's different for the average person, they don't usually know about alternatives and are fine paying for software from a company like MS.

[–] Epzillon@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago

Idk what reason youd have to buy that and its honestly irrelevant. Just because a company is known for being shit doesnt mean we should just accept it and start calling people stupid when they get fucked over.

"Oh you decided to get treatment from USA Medicality Corp. Inc. and they killed you and your entire family. Damn youre such an idiot theyve been killing families for years!" is a bad take if you ask me. The company should be held liable for their actions.