The reasons I don’t like Microsoft 365
Mon, 01/13/2025 - 12:36pm
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See https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-mf....
There is a lot to be said for everything being “local” on your own hardware.
I'm still using Office 2007
I'm still using Office 2007 products, which I believe may have been the last buy it once stand alone version of Office that didn't need verification to install that they had.
As soon as they went to the subscription service I stopped upgrading. It all still suits my needs, which aren't as much as they used to be, and it all works fine.
I don't like any of the cloud services, I keep all of my stuff locally. Sure I've had to add more hard drives to my system, but I'll take that any day over leaving my stuff in the cloud on some unknown (to me) computer. Not to mention for reasons like that article mention.
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365
Yup i am using an old version myself and there is an update you can add free for the new file extensions. They are always looking for ways to keep digging in yo back pocket
Office
So am i still using this version, it gets the job done.
I Also Use Microsoft Office 2007
Using Office 2007 here too. Rather than going the Microsoft Office subscription route, I would opt for LibreOffice, a free and open source office software program that includes the same basic programs found in Microsoft Office with different names, Writer (word processing), Calc (spreadsheets), Impress (presentations) Draw (Graphics), Base (database)
WordPerfect
With my first PC after starting with a shareware word processor [PWrite maybe?], I bought WordPerfect at the educational price. This was when it was a product from Utah with amazing phone-in customer service and was even before WYSIWYG. I've updated at least a couple of times and still use it. Thankfully it has the ability to open many other formats including Word. I see no need to switch and no need to even have the latest version of WP
Excel
been using Excel from way back in the 70's and still using and old version.
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just stay home
I just don't use the facility to put my files anywhere else save on my own computer.
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I get Microsoft 365 gratis
I get Microsoft 365 gratis from work. But while I do store my files locally, some I sync between my devices so I always have the latest version.
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Why use MFA with Microsoft 365?
I use LibreOffice, not Microsoft 365, but why would subscribers want to have Multi-Factor Authorization to log in to their 365 accounts? Is it because without setting that, anyone who has your password can see all your documents etc.? Are they all stored in the cloud? Do employers require MFA?
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@lost anyway I use my
@lost anyway
I use my hotmail/microsoft accounts as burner emails. On any given day I can log in to review activity. I see no less than 50 attempts from all over the world trying to gain access. No doubt this is a result of information obtained from numerous data breaches. I do have 2fa enabled - had these accounts for 20+ years now.
As for cloud computing, it just means your data is on someone else's computer. Zero trust in the cloud here. Everything is local. Even have my own equivalent of google drive (nextcloud) where files are store locally but accessible via vpn.
Still using quicken 2013. I do have office 2019 installed, but it's the local version, not online. The youngins' have something to learn about cloud reliance.
You can still be office that isn't 365
A couple of years ago I bought Office 2021. This isn't a subscription, just a one time purchase. I know there is an Office 2024 you can purchased outright.
The only reason I upgraded to 2021 from 2007 (I was a long time user of 2007) is I needed support for Word documents larger than 512MB.
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Office and .......
.....most subscription software is pervasive in that you end up with soo.. many payment that you could almost make a car payment.
We have kept multiple older laptops to be able to read past files that become incompatible with newer versions of software. Office may not be one, but Filemaker certainly is, and others.
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