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    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Tue Feb 25 11:43:19 2025
    Microsoft is testing free Office for Windows apps with ads

    The free desktop versions of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint lack certain
    features in addition to running ads.

    ...Microsoft has been quietly testing an ad-supported version in
    certain countries.
    ...
    ...
    The ad-supported version of Office includes banners that are
    permanently visible at the side, as well as 15-second video ads that
    play every few hours, according to Beebom. Microsoft also forces users
    of this free version of Office to store documents in OneDrive, with
    support for local file storage disabled.

    https://www.theverge.com/news/618278/microsoft-office-free-windows-apps-ad-supported-version

    I wonder how many people don't know about Apache OpenOffice?

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  • From D@21:1/5 to JAB on Tue Feb 25 23:00:14 2025
    On Tue, 25 Feb 2025, JAB wrote:

    Microsoft is testing free Office for Windows apps with ads

    The free desktop versions of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint lack certain features in addition to running ads.

    ...Microsoft has been quietly testing an ad-supported version in
    certain countries.
    ...
    ...
    The ad-supported version of Office includes banners that are
    permanently visible at the side, as well as 15-second video ads that
    play every few hours, according to Beebom. Microsoft also forces users
    of this free version of Office to store documents in OneDrive, with
    support for local file storage disabled.

    https://www.theverge.com/news/618278/microsoft-office-free-windows-apps-ad-supported-version

    I wonder how many people don't know about Apache OpenOffice?


    Or libreoffice, or onlyoffice, or collabora or any number of other offices suites that are free and do the same job.

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to JAB on Tue Feb 25 22:05:14 2025
    JAB wrote:

    Microsoft is testing free Office for Windows apps with ads

    Ads are spam...

    The free desktop versions of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint lack
    certain features in addition to running ads.

    ...Microsoft has been quietly testing an ad-supported version
    in certain countries.

    No thanks.

    There are plenty of free alternatives to Word and Excel out
    there.

    I wonder how many people don't know about Apache OpenOffice?

    Most people that didn't want to subscribe to Office 365! :-)

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