@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

@arstechnica Sadly this shit ain't new - I have a 15+ year old #OfficeJet #AllInOne that will complain about lack of ink and will refuse to #scan or #fax without one manually clicking away the warning on the device.

But that's #hp - level #Assholeism, they do the same with #hp-branded #RAM on their #ProBook|s and #DeskMini as well as #Z-Series #Workstations and brick #unattended & #PXE #boot in the process...