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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 18 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Same for Linux and office365

Word 365 on Linux is literally sabotaging you, at random deleting texts you previously wrote. Whole sets of words just randomly disappear as if you never typed them. You type them, they're there, you continue typing and 1-2 paragraphs later, part of the text you wrote is suddenly gone. No undo available or anything, it's as if it never happened.

It got to the point heere i wrote documents in Google drive, then exported then and imported them in word 365, that did work

Then I found out that all I had to do is send M$ servers a user agent header saying it's Windows 11 And suddenly everything works

[–] conartistpanda@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

Can someone else affirm this? Have you recorded it? If this is real it'd be great to have evidence.

[–] Siegfried@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

Ah, that was it then? I'm currently forced to use this crap. I had to run office from a virtual machine because office 365 was terribly unreliable. Like, it started fucking up highlights and shits.

In any case, word sucks even if it does not actively try to suck. I have a big list of complaints. If ms has to resort to this tactics, they are actually suffering us.

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[–] obvs@lemmy.world 21 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (6 children)

I switched to OpenOffice.org(now LibreOffice) when Microsoft replaced menus with ribbons.

And I switched from Google to DuckDuckGo after being a Google user from nearly the very beginning, because they tried to claim earlier this week that they couldn't prove I was over 18 years old unless I provided them my legal identification.

Thanks Google, I can't imagine how the fact that I've physically been using your product and logging into the account for more than 20 years would leave any question in your mind that I'm over 18 years old, but you do you.

No regrets with LibreOffice. None.

[–] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 9 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I bitched and moaned when office 2007 came out. Stupid ribbons. Still hate that shit. Only thing MS office has going for it, that I haven't found elsewhere, is collaboration and Danish grammar check. I haven't found proper grammar check in my native Danish yet, outside of ms office that is. But if my job decided to ditch its pricey office subscriptions, I'd be cheeringly installing libreoffice.

I do hope I get a chance to retrieve all my emails when I get shut out for raising an arthritic middle finger and telling Google to go fuck themselves when asked for ID. I got my gmail account when people still paid for invites. How can I be underage? I wasn't even underage then.

[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

I do hope I get a chance to retrieve all my emails when I get shut out for raising an arthritic middle finger and telling Google to go fuck themselves when asked for ID.

Just going to remind you, because I appreciated when someone reminded me: The best time to run a 'Google ~~Checkout~~ Takeout' to get a backup is now.

Edit: Thanks.

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[–] GirthBrooksPLO@lemmy.world 21 points 6 days ago (1 children)

My digital life has gotten noticeably better since switching to Linux and other FOSS

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[–] mrodri89@lemmy.zip 9 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Just swap to Libre. And if your job is working on spreadsheets just quit. Lets all go back to farming and trading goods. Or just install Linux.

Nah mate, farming was where we took the wrong turn. We should go back to hunter/gatherer. I'd kinda like to keep my steam deck tho hmm

[–] ddplf@szmer.info 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That is certainly a very lemmy thing to say

[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

That was so szmer thing to answer

[–] Samskara@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

On a Mac Apple‘s Office suite is the better choice.

[–] Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 days ago

“I am altering the deal. Pray I don’t alter it any further.”

[–] mecen@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 days ago

They even edited information about support, it was meant to work but they edited it to your files will be safe and openable in word 365 app

So ...if you never let any Microscope product update on your Apple product, you should be fine, right?

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Just wait. Mac users usually have more money than they need, so they can easily afford lawyers to beat into MicroSlop.

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