Comment on Microsoft sneaks ads into the new Outlook for Windows
avapa@lemmy.world 9 months ago
The article only seems to mention free consumer accounts, if I didn’t accidentally skip a section. Does anyone know how this will affect M365 subscribers (both consumer/enterprise)? I use Outlook every day at work and the lack of features in the web app make it basically unusable for me.
ares35@kbin.social 9 months ago
the standalone office application called 'outlook' is still existing.. for now, and until microsoft comes up with a way to fk that up too. some moron decided it would be a good idea to dilute the strength of the outlook name by using it on webmail and the new (cr)app version in windows.
fuzzzerd@programming.dev 9 months ago
It’s already on the way, the office app “outlook” has a “new outlook” mode, which is this same web based version that only talks to Microsoft servers, so even if you use a non Microsoft email account, Microsoft takes your credentials,syncs your email to their server and then shows it to you through the web outlook.
wosat@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Microsoft tried to shanghai me to the “new outlook”. When I realized the scope of what they were trying to do, under the guise of a simple software update, I was floored. I don’t even think Google, with all of their Borg-ish tendencies, would attempt such a blatant hijacking of user data. The privacy implications are profound.
SatanicNotMessianic@lemmy.ml 9 months ago
Oh, that’s bad. I’m not a Microsoft user, but one of the reasons I avoid third party mail apps is that I don’t want them to hold onto my mail on their own servers. That a $3T company is doing it is really disturbing, because it’s something I have only associated with slimy startups.