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KatherinaReichelt@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

Microsoft is intentionally bricking all Office for Mac 2019/2021 installations

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Microsoft is intentionally bricking all Office for Mac 2019/2021 installations

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KatherinaReichelt@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago
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    How is this even legal?

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      Because legislation related to Stop Killing Games has not yet passed.

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      Because it’s Microsoft and whether anybody likes it or not, they’ll do whatever they want and at best, lose a few pennies.

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      If it is, in fact, legal, it’s because there’s a weasel clause in the clickwrap that says, in effect, “We can change this agreement in any way at any time. Not you, just us.”

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          Wait, did one of them actually say this?

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      $$$

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