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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

That’s all.

EDIT: Thank you all for detailing your experience with, and hatred for, this miserable product. Your display of solidarity is inspiring. Now, say it with me:

Fuck Microsoft

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[-] venusaur@lemmy.world 124 points 1 month ago

Microsoft OneDrive is the maggots in the dog shit

[-] PlantJam@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago

There shouldn't be worms in the poop of a healthy dog. This analogy just keeps getting better and more accurate.

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[-] danc4498@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago

Oooh, I hate it so bad….. I used to click “Save” and my word document would ask to save in the only folder I save ALL my documents in. Change the name, save, so easy!

Now it asks if I want to save to OneDrive… Fuck No Mr Paperclip! I want it in the folder I always use and don’t want to have to select “Other” then dig through screens to select the thing I use every time!

[-] wasabi@lemmy.eco.br 17 points 1 month ago
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[-] iii@mander.xyz 88 points 1 month ago

That's all.

There's more: microsoft outlook is garbage

[-] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 55 points 1 month ago

The new outlook has exceeded "garbage" and gone all the way to dumpster fire. It sometimes takes upwards of 15, 30 seconds to open an email. The new auto formatting is a hindrance to be overcome by tricking it to act how you want. Trying to schedule an event across timezones shits the bed half the time, resulting in improper meeting times being sent out. Absolute failure.

[-] Gork@lemm.ee 18 points 1 month ago

New Outlook also doesn't support Really Simple Syndication, which I used a lot with the Old Outlook.

So back to old Outlook I go.

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[-] Squorlple@lemmy.world 83 points 1 month ago

Microsoft Teams isn’t all bad! For example, it bogged down my work computer so much at start up that I would basically get an extra break.

[-] marcos@lemmy.world 34 points 1 month ago

It temporarily deletes my meetings just before they happen, so that I don't have to attend them!

Of course, when I open it later, the meetings are restored, with the original date, and no trace of the deletion. So not attending them is quite hard to explain to others. But it does save me from attending!

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[-] taiyang@lemmy.world 61 points 1 month ago

What blows my mind is MS fucking bought Skype and somehow Teams still can't handle video calls correctly. The actual fuck did they do with that acquisition?

[-] Evil_incarnate@lemm.ee 27 points 1 month ago

Skype used to be peer to peer. Your call went from you to your friend (whomever). Microsoft decided that they couldn't mitm that setup to scrape data; so, soon after they acquired Skype, they made all calls go through their servers.

Then they tried to make Skype make more money, since those servers aren't free. Then they made teams and copied half the code into that, and cludged the rest to make it hold together.

[-] sunbeam60@lemmy.one 24 points 1 month ago

In mean aside from the fact that almost all of that story is completely wrong, it’s a good story.

Source: Used to work at Microsoft and worked a lot with people from the Skype team.

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[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

How the fuck did they let motherfucking Zoom take over. The video-call equivalent of "Googling" something was to "Skype." When Covid hit, Microsoft screwed the pooch horribly.

My sister is super high ranking at Microsoft, and when she calls the family, she uses Zoom.

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[-] mlg@lemmy.world 57 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
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[-] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 56 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Microsoft ~~Teams~~ is dog shit

That's all.

[-] NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago
Bill Gates is en route to your location 
[-] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago

Oh dear god, no, what have I done

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[-] spicystraw@lemmy.world 48 points 1 month ago

Unpopular opinion: I actually like MS Teams

Look, I know this might get downvoted, but Teams is... actually fine? Yeah, it's not perfect, but it just works. The best part is that everyone and their grandma knows how to use it because it's the corporate standard around here.

I can't tell you how much time I've saved not having to do the whole "can you hear me? let me try reconnecting... oh wait try updating your browser" dance that happens with other platforms. My company recently switched to Google Meet and honestly? It's been a downgrade. Teams might not be the coolest kid on the block, but at least I'm not spending half my meetings troubleshooting audio and video issues.

[-] communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 17 points 1 month ago

I hate teams because it consistently doesn't just work

missed notifications, screensharing

i have little use of it and it constantly breaks

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[-] Aeri@lemmy.world 43 points 1 month ago

"Your organization has blocked this action"

I mean this is my work phone, and I'm trying to copy a customer's phone number from a spreadsheet to the dialer, but thanks man.

[-] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 month ago

Not that I’m actually trying to defend MS/Teams (seriously, fuck ‘em both); but this is more due to IT Admin settings.

We have similar in our company, that’s in place because we handle PIR data regularly and it’s meant to be a speed bump rather than full roadblock.

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[-] frank@sopuli.xyz 38 points 1 month ago

The fact that me and a coworker can't both share our screens at the same time is absolutely batshit. 1x1 collaboration isn't even reasonable, nevermind anything more

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[-] Carighan@lemmy.world 34 points 1 month ago

Ah, they're all crap.

Came to Teams from Slack, some upsides, some downsides. It's a corporate communication tool, I don't use it because I think it's beautiful and elegant, I use it because I get paid money to use it.

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[-] thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world 32 points 1 month ago

I’m so tired of web engine based apps

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[-] dax@feddit.org 32 points 1 month ago

The biggest mistake was to make it a "hub" for all sorts of other uses in my opinion. It shouldn't be browser based, it should be native and just focus on chatting and calls, that's it. It could be so much faster and intuitive.

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[-] TheBananaKing@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago

Spoken like a person who isn't forced to use JIRA

[-] NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago

We have that pile of dog shit as well!

[-] KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 1 month ago

Let us not forget confluence

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[-] bitwolf@lemmy.one 18 points 1 month ago

We just switched to Jira and I hate how pedantic they let admins make it.

Who in their right mind disables the "clone" option on issues 🤦‍♂️

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[-] magnetosphere@fedia.io 28 points 1 month ago

I was expecting a detailed rant, including an example or two. “That’s all” is much, much funnier.

[-] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 27 points 1 month ago

Need a Explanation?

(Gestures vaguely in the air)

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[-] Zink@programming.dev 27 points 1 month ago

I keep a Teams tab and an Outlook tab opened in Firefox on Linux at work, and I feel like I have a better experience than most people using it on windows, which seems crazy.

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[-] little_tuptup@lemmy.ml 26 points 1 month ago

I work in IT. I think it's popular because it's "free".

With that said, I put up a picture on the office wall of a Swiss army knife with features like syringe, fire extinguisher, axe, etc and have it labeled Microsoft Teams. Yes, it can do 100 different tasks, fucking poorly.

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[-] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 26 points 1 month ago

Is there a Microsoft product that isn't?

To be fair, Teams is pretty bad even for MS. I've never seen something do so relatively little and still perform so poorly. When I switched jobs and got to use Slack it was like a great fog being lifted off of my being.

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[-] LucidNightmare@lemm.ee 25 points 1 month ago

You may know already, but you should try VSCodium. At least they took the Micro$hit telemetry out!

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[-] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 1 month ago

It's still better than WebEx because I don't have to log in to that piece of shit software to start a video call.

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[-] nogare97@lemm.ee 24 points 1 month ago

Since I have not seen anyone mention this problem yet: Teams doesn't let you mute other people in a call for yourself. Obviously also no volume control per person. Imagine sitting next to your coworker in a teams meeting and having to deal with hearing them twice with like 20 ms delay. Awful.

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[-] steeznson@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago

You put more effort into this post than M$ did to their product

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[-] HexesofVexes@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago

I mean, with winter coming in, and universities not bothering to heat the building, teams turning my potato work laptop into a furnace is the only thing keeping us warm this winter...

Serious question - is their long term strategy bad optimisation to sell hardware? Do they have shares in intel or something?!?

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[-] PresidentCamacho@lemm.ee 22 points 1 month ago

that is because theyre selling it to the business, not the end user. They dont give 2 fucks about your experience

[-] zephorah@lemm.ee 22 points 1 month ago

I don’t care. I’ll take anything that maintains staff meetings from home. Before COVID they were 90% in person.

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[-] wax@feddit.nu 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The file/document integration is based on SharePoint. Shit built on top of a nice pile of manure

Edit: and don't get me started on the teams android app which requires access to all your media if you try to share a single image. If you share it as a file attachment however it's completely fine. No you're not getting access to my files and pictures MS, keep your filthy adware fingers off my data

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[-] remon@ani.social 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I have a Jabra Headset (now retired) that literally has a MS Teams logo on the side and is market as "Teams compatible". As you might have guessed, Teams is the only VC app were I regularly have to switch betwen inputs to get the headset to work during a call.

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[-] MehBlah@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

No, no! Dogshit sometimes fertilizes and promotes growth. Microsoft teams is poison.

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[-] demizerone@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

My company has teams and slack and IT wants to switch to all teams. The thread where they announced this had to be locked. :D I don't know how a trillion dollar company can't get this right. Worst yet the bundle that shit with everything and overworked IT depts pick it by default.

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[-] 7toed@midwest.social 14 points 1 month ago

I dont know.. SharePoint has pissed me the hell off too, its a close one

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