Microsoft is disabling Office 2019 for Mac next month
www.theverge.com
A certificate issue means Office 2019 for Mac users won’t be able to edit or save documents starting July 13th.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/48806122

A license verification certificate expires and when it expires, Microsoft Office for Mac assumes it’s unlicensed even if it has been fully paid for.

So, any idiot who paid for Office 2019 for Mac “perpetual” will lose access to it next month.

The same will happen with Office 2021 and Office 2024 in the future.

Pirates are unaffected, only who paid for the product gets punished

Good job 👍🏻

    • BillCheddar@lemmy.worldEnglish
      61·
      1 day ago

      So that means Microsoft doesn’t need to honor their contracts with users?

      Interesting legal strategy, cotton.

    • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
      6·
      1 day ago

      That’s all it is, which is why it’s so obvious they just want people to subscribe now. Very issue is the smallest thing they could do, and they can’t be bothered.

      Folks tell your Mac friends about Libre Office

        • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
          4·
          1 day ago

          This isn’t that some architecture isn’t supported or there’s some new unseen dependency that failed, it’s a cert expiry. Something that happens millions of times per day and can be completely automated.

            • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
              3·
              22 hours ago

              Seeing how it’s a trillion dollar company, I think they can spare the few pennies to renew a cert, even 50 years later to keep the “lifetime” license going for everyone. They’re not asking for new features or individual support. We’re all saying it’s a cert. Take the few minutes to renew it.