Not enough people are willing to vote with their wallets
That and most governments are wrapped up in Windows, and therefore kinda just captive to the insane pricing. I get everything I need out of LibreOffice, personally.
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cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
Yeah, no shit. But they nearly doubled the price. I canceled my membership, but I doubt enough did to actually matter.
I was fine paying $60 a year for Office. I was never gonna use the AI stuff. When they said it was $100, I bailed. So now they don’t get the $60. But enough people will go on paying that they will actually make more money on Office in the next year, not less.
Not enough people are willing to vote with their wallets or even their feet to effect any meaningful change. At least not when it comes to their tech toys.
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 3 days ago
jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
The sole reason I still pay the Microsoft tax is Excel. Other office suite components are generally good enough to fill in for their Microsoft counterparts. But, spreadsheet programs are one area where open source competitors need to get their shit together.
Most of them can do the basics but Excel is still in a class by itself for power users and advanced functionality. That’s a real bummer because I would love to stop paying the Microsoft tax.
Illecors@lemmy.cafe 3 days ago
I’m no dev, but would you consider writing up in detail the features/behaviour you’re missing on libreoffice issue tracker?
Zexks@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Its the vba. Its proprietary and not for sale anymore and theres not a good free replacement. Been writing a reporting system tha5needs scripting and have had to use javascrip amd heavily cover things for end users to even understamd what is happening.
ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 3 days ago
I have been using Libre office for a while now and it’s superior to office in every way.