Have you had that "Upcoming price change for your Microsoft 365 subscription" email yet? They want to charge you an extra 50%ish for AI features, and they do *not* make it easy to find the way to turn it off. It took me minutes of searching - this is a particularly evil dark pattern.
"Switch plan" just lets you pick between annual and monthly billing. You want "Turn off recurring billing" and then "Current subscription without AI".
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@vet_ingenting @timixretroplays
There's a reason people aren't using Libre Office. Lots of reasons actually, but one really big one in that it lags so slowly even on high end machines that it's actually painful to use.
That has not been my experience with Libre Office, and my machine is hardly high end.
@vet_ingenting @timixretroplays
I thought it was just me as well on the basis of "surely it can't be this way for everyone". But on reflection it's worth bringing up, because otherwise it would be getting a lot more uptake. So obviously *something* is going on, and I'm probably not the only person who tried it and got a bad impression.
How long ago did you try it?
@vet_ingenting @timixretroplays
The last time I tried it was early last year, so around ~April 2024 I think.
Did you download it from the official site?
Do you know what version it was?
I'm using version 7.4.7.2.
@vet_ingenting @timixretroplays
I normally set up a machine with ninite.com, so I used that. I'm not really interested in getting into the Linux debate, as there's no prize for me even if I spend my time on it. The reason Linux isn't taking off is because it has a general lack of polish and bug-testing, which used to be the major strength of Windows up until a few years ago.
That's why I have big hopes that Valve can make the "year of Linux" happen.
Have you tried the Windows version?
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