▲ 780 ▼ Microsoft punishes idiots who purchased a "perpetual" license of Office 2019 for Mac by disabling it next month, pirates unaffected (www.theverge.com) submitted 4 months ago by FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world 133 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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 👍🏻
[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 53 points 4 months ago (8 children) A: gets scammed by company B: You're so stupid, you should have known that company was going to scam you. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] wltr@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 4 months ago* (5 children) As if Microsoft was founded just yesterday and wasn’t scamming everyone at everything for like decades, right? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] GaMEChld@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago And those customers shouldn't have been dressed like that! permalink fedilink source parent [–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 18 points 4 months ago (3 children) I'm not defending this action from Microsoft, but for most people, they buy a Microsoft product and then happily use it for years, none the wiser to any of Microsoft's other nonsense happening in the background. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [+] wltr@discuss.tchncs.de -17 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children) Coming from a background where software is usually pirated and not paid for (which I don’t support now), it’s a special kind of weird to pay for that shite. I mean, who could have guessed? Me personally, I have no empathy for those. Go buy the next license from Microsoft, I guess. Till they screw you again. If you pay for something, pay for quality. I understand people who buy Apple stuff, it’s not even overpriced when you consider all the factors. Windows people are fooling themselves, and it’s really fun to watch. ‘Idiots’ is the right word in my book. So I vibe with the title, it’s more correct than the Verge’s one. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) 'Douchebag' is the right word in my book. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] wltr@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 months ago North American English, innit? permalink fedilink source parent [–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social 3 points 4 months ago Not saying that I agree with the title, just explaining what I think was the reason. Although one could say that trusting microslop to keep their word after what we've seen them do in the last years is... foolish to say the least. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me multiple times since the 90s, that's on me. /s Non sarcastic take, only MS is to blame. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wltr@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 4 months ago* (5 children) As if Microsoft was founded just yesterday and wasn’t scamming everyone at everything for like decades, right? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] GaMEChld@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago And those customers shouldn't have been dressed like that! permalink fedilink source parent [–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 18 points 4 months ago (3 children) I'm not defending this action from Microsoft, but for most people, they buy a Microsoft product and then happily use it for years, none the wiser to any of Microsoft's other nonsense happening in the background. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [+] wltr@discuss.tchncs.de -17 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children) Coming from a background where software is usually pirated and not paid for (which I don’t support now), it’s a special kind of weird to pay for that shite. I mean, who could have guessed? Me personally, I have no empathy for those. Go buy the next license from Microsoft, I guess. Till they screw you again. If you pay for something, pay for quality. I understand people who buy Apple stuff, it’s not even overpriced when you consider all the factors. Windows people are fooling themselves, and it’s really fun to watch. ‘Idiots’ is the right word in my book. So I vibe with the title, it’s more correct than the Verge’s one. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) 'Douchebag' is the right word in my book. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] wltr@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 months ago North American English, innit? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GaMEChld@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago And those customers shouldn't have been dressed like that! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 18 points 4 months ago (3 children) I'm not defending this action from Microsoft, but for most people, they buy a Microsoft product and then happily use it for years, none the wiser to any of Microsoft's other nonsense happening in the background. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [+] wltr@discuss.tchncs.de -17 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children) Coming from a background where software is usually pirated and not paid for (which I don’t support now), it’s a special kind of weird to pay for that shite. I mean, who could have guessed? Me personally, I have no empathy for those. Go buy the next license from Microsoft, I guess. Till they screw you again. If you pay for something, pay for quality. I understand people who buy Apple stuff, it’s not even overpriced when you consider all the factors. Windows people are fooling themselves, and it’s really fun to watch. ‘Idiots’ is the right word in my book. So I vibe with the title, it’s more correct than the Verge’s one. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) 'Douchebag' is the right word in my book. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] wltr@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 months ago North American English, innit? permalink fedilink source parent
[+] wltr@discuss.tchncs.de -17 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children) Coming from a background where software is usually pirated and not paid for (which I don’t support now), it’s a special kind of weird to pay for that shite. I mean, who could have guessed? Me personally, I have no empathy for those. Go buy the next license from Microsoft, I guess. Till they screw you again. If you pay for something, pay for quality. I understand people who buy Apple stuff, it’s not even overpriced when you consider all the factors. Windows people are fooling themselves, and it’s really fun to watch. ‘Idiots’ is the right word in my book. So I vibe with the title, it’s more correct than the Verge’s one. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) 'Douchebag' is the right word in my book. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] wltr@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 months ago North American English, innit? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) 'Douchebag' is the right word in my book. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] wltr@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 months ago North American English, innit? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wltr@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 months ago North American English, innit? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social 3 points 4 months ago Not saying that I agree with the title, just explaining what I think was the reason. Although one could say that trusting microslop to keep their word after what we've seen them do in the last years is... foolish to say the least. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me multiple times since the 90s, that's on me. /s Non sarcastic take, only MS is to blame. permalink fedilink source parent