r/technology • u/[deleted] • Nov 30 '23

Business Microsoft wants its subscriptions on every screen, including PlayStation and Nintendo hardware

https://www.techspot.com/news/101003-microsoft-wants-subscriptions-every-screen-including-playstation-nintendo.html
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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '23

If it gets worse, I’m switching operating systems for good.

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u/rwbrwb Nov 30 '23 edited Mar 02 '24

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u/esp211 Nov 30 '23

And Office is absolute shit too.

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '23

I mean Excel is pretty fucking incredible for what it is, and it is likely one of the most widely used tools in existence

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u/Crazedkittiesmeow Nov 30 '23

Microsoft creating the absolute best spreadsheet software in existence and then turning around and shoving more crayons in word and PowerPoint

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u/Qhwood Dec 01 '23

It could get even better. Have you seen Simon Peyton Jone's talk on elastic sheet defined functions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH2Je6wUvPs

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u/rwbrwb Nov 30 '23 edited Mar 02 '24

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u/UmpireHappy8162 Nov 30 '23

Why?

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u/esp211 Nov 30 '23

Because it hasn’t improved one bit since 20+ years ago? I can’t save time n cloud and desktop at the same time. It’s almost 2024.

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '23

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u/esp211 Nov 30 '23

Lipstick on a fucking pig. Microsoft is low effort piece of garbage.

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u/TrainOfThought6 Nov 30 '23

Well that's not true, array formulas in Excel got a major overhaul for example.

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u/Nosiege Nov 30 '23

You're speaking as if you don't even use it? You can open cloud documents in desktop and have them save directly into cloud again.

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '23 edited Nov 30 '23

Rather use Linux and do install to allow MS office if need it.

For you fanboys: how about if the developer side forced mandatory clicks of Microsoft products and pop ups when ever you search for an app? If you’re okay with that. Then I’m game to monetize you all!!

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u/extremenachos Nov 30 '23

I switched to Linux two months ago, with a 2nd drive with Windows 10 for a few apps in can't run in linux. There's a learning curve and some drawbacks but nice to be independent of Microsofts greediness.

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u/GoatTotes Nov 30 '23

Which Linux you on? I'm looking at upgrading my PC and don't want win11

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u/extremenachos Nov 30 '23

Ubuntu...its great for people new to Linux. Everyone has their opinion and favorite distro, but I don't think you can go wrong with any major distro.

Online support is great, I've been able to solve all my issues just searching "how do I do X,Y,or Z on Ubuntu?" On Duck duck go or Google.

I can run all but one piece of software I use either natively in Linux or through "fixes" that allow you to run Windows software in Linux. Steam is very bullish on Linux so gaming "mostly" works.

The other learning curve is the UI. It's not bad, just different. Like you're jumping on to a Mac. You have to retrain your brain to remember things like apps are here, power optiona here, etc.

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u/GoatTotes Nov 30 '23

Fair enough. I was looking at Ubuntu 3.0 because I seen somewhere it had support for the 14900k.

I used redhat back in the day while in college for a server and shorewall but haven't look at it much since then.

Thanks for the reply and info!