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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 3 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/48806122

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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[–] 6 points 2 months ago (3 children)

who the heck buys a “perpetual” license for a Microsoft product

Office used to always be a perpetual license, so nearly average person that needed an office suite bought one.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (2 children)

    Doesn't change my point. Why pay for it? Either just use it for free or get libreoffice. If I pay a thing from a corpo like MS, behavior like that is totally to be expected. Why even be surprised?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    It's different for the average person, they don't usually know about alternatives and are fine paying for software from a company like MS.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    But isn't that just the definition of ignorance? I just do something I know nothing about and also don't care to inform myself beforehand?

    Like me going to the garage with my car. They could tell me whatever they want and I have to believe it. That is ignorance I pay with probably spiced up bills of things I never needed.

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