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minus-square9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·edit-23 months agoAnd so the bloodline of windows write is extinguished This is kinda sad that if you want to do even basic word processing with Microsoft software, your only option now is an ongoing subscription to do so.
minus-squarespamspeicher@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 months ago …your only option now is an ongoing subscription to do so. You can also still buy the Office package without subscription. The latest release is from 2024 and 2021 before that. But of course its expensive for basic stuff.
minus-square9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agoOh I didn’t actually realise that, I thought they’d just gone full Adobe with office 365
minus-squareTechnofroodlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoI’m fairly sure they want to, they keep trying to kill off the standalone version but always seem to keep giving it a reprieve.
And so the bloodline of windows write is extinguished
This is kinda sad that if you want to do even basic word processing with Microsoft software, your only option now is an ongoing subscription to do so.
You can also still buy the Office package without subscription. The latest release is from 2024 and 2021 before that. But of course its expensive for basic stuff.
Oh I didn’t actually realise that, I thought they’d just gone full Adobe with office 365
I’m fairly sure they want to, they keep trying to kill off the standalone version but always seem to keep giving it a reprieve.