@veronica I see many of these "sacrifices" as net benefits.

• Not having Microsoft Office forces people to use Open Standards like OpenDocument!
  • Not implementing proprietary codecs almost exclusively harms value-removing Rentseekers like MPEG-LA!
  • Lack of tight integration means Freedom of Choice.
  • Not having a bloated garbage App available forces corporations to maintain proper websites.
• Not supporting Malware like "Client-Side Anticheat"*and *Always-Online "DRM" is a win for consumers.

The issues encountered can all be attributed to corporations being assholes as in actively antagonizing consumers!

• I've yet to see any exception to that [and ableism] in real - life!

#MicrosoftOffice #OpenStandards #OpenDocument #Malware #ClientSideAnticheat #AlwaysOnlineDRM #Anticheat #DRM #ConsumerRights #proprietary #codecs #ValueRemoving #Rentseeking #MPEGLA #MPEG #LA #licensing #Integration #Freedom #Corporations #assholeism #consumers #Ableism #accessibility

@kirtai @landley Apologies for me ranting...

Shit like #AlwaysOnlineDRM and/or dysfunctional Downloads with #eBooks is just making my blood boil as it's #ValueRemoving to the end-user!

@amy @wakame nop, I just refuse to accept binary trash like #XLS or #OOXML garbage and only accept #OpenDocument, #PDF and #PlainText [either #encrpyted with #OpenPGP or not if transport & media is encrypted]...

But that's just me not willing to work with #Govware that has #AlwaysOnlineDRM and their purposefully dysfunctional file formats.

I just don't have the amount of #Copium needed to accept that shit!
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/999319383917957121.html

#rant ended!

@Yeekasoose @kura

Well, congrats it was just something that "legacy" and not like "I can't legally use
#Windows because #Microsoft refuses to comply with #GDPR & #BDSG!" or "#AlwaysOnlineDRM bricks #MicrosoftOffice!"
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But then again, some folks refuse to accept that switching to #Linux & @libreoffice is the only way to make #change happen...

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/999319383917957121.html

@vv221 @gamingonlinux

I don't disagree - I just say that so far I've yet to see #Steam stealing peoples' games from their accounts.

And yes, #Valve managed to get people into liking their #AlwaysOnlineDRM as a "#feature" to the point devs get harrassed for not publishing on Steam, which is more than condemnable but inexcuseable by those doing said harrassment...

@utopify_org

And that's why I'll refuse to buy shit with #AlwaysOnlineDRM...