▲ 738 ▼ Microsoft kills official way to activate windows without internet (www.neowin.net) submitted 10 months ago by 1984@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world 137 comments fedilink hide all child comments Now when trying to activate the OS by attempting to call the phone number for Microsoft Product Activation, an automated voice response says the following: "Support for product activation has moved online. Linux is this way, guys.
[+] metodisto@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago (1 child) Adobe is sadly the only thing that still requires windows. Fuck Adobe and everyone there, they were the OGs that started the subscription bullshit for software and they had such dominance no business could say no, thus no schools could say no. And they've just been buying up competition since, so no one can challenge them. Adobe and Oracle are the software equivalent of cancer. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 10 months ago Fuck Adobe and everyone there, they were the OGs that started the subscription bullshit for software…. For home use, sure. For business use in a business that’s regulated, it’s a godsend. No longer do I have to fight with management about why we need to upgrade Adobe Acrobat even though we “just” bought it 5 years ago. You pay and it stays up to date. No more vulnerabilities that go unpatched because “we just bought the software” (5 years ago and it’s out of support). permalink fedilink source parent [–] rumba@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago All we need for the year of the linux desktop is Adobe, Autodesk and Outlook :) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago (1 child) Adobe is sadly the only thing that still requires windows. Fuck Adobe and everyone there, they were the OGs that started the subscription bullshit for software and they had such dominance no business could say no, thus no schools could say no. And they've just been buying up competition since, so no one can challenge them. Adobe and Oracle are the software equivalent of cancer. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 10 months ago Fuck Adobe and everyone there, they were the OGs that started the subscription bullshit for software…. For home use, sure. For business use in a business that’s regulated, it’s a godsend. No longer do I have to fight with management about why we need to upgrade Adobe Acrobat even though we “just” bought it 5 years ago. You pay and it stays up to date. No more vulnerabilities that go unpatched because “we just bought the software” (5 years ago and it’s out of support). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 10 months ago Fuck Adobe and everyone there, they were the OGs that started the subscription bullshit for software…. For home use, sure. For business use in a business that’s regulated, it’s a godsend. No longer do I have to fight with management about why we need to upgrade Adobe Acrobat even though we “just” bought it 5 years ago. You pay and it stays up to date. No more vulnerabilities that go unpatched because “we just bought the software” (5 years ago and it’s out of support). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago All we need for the year of the linux desktop is Adobe, Autodesk and Outlook :) permalink fedilink source parent