Comment on LibreOffice downloads on the rise as users look to avoid subscription costs | The free open-source Microsoft Office alternative is being downloaded by nearly 1 million users a week

• Excrubulent@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  They’ll have to settle for “warning” the user if they detect a file that was made by libreoffice.

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  • PanArab@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The warning can be disabled from the settings

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    • Excrubulent@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s still enabled by default and acts as extra FUD for the average user who probably won’t know to disable it and might get spooked by it.

      The favt it can be opted out of doesn’t change its propaganda value at all.

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      • PanArab@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I agree, I would never give Microsoft the benefit of the doubt.

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