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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 4 months ago by to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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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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[–] 10 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Do people even bother pirating this shit? Surely they just use one of the many free alternatives that do exactly the same job?

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

    I use LibreOffice and LibreOffice only. It does not do exactly the same job.

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