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minus-squarecactopuses@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·4 months agoFortunately platforms like docs are providing sufficient competition that I don’t think they’d be able to lock it down as effectively as they once could.
minus-squareExcrubulent@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·4 months agoThey’ll have to settle for “warning” the user if they detect a file that was made by libreoffice.
minus-squarePanArab@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoThe warning can be disabled from the settings
minus-squareExcrubulent@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-24 months agoIt’s still enabled by default and acts as FUD for the average user who won’t know to disable it and will get spooked by it. That it can be opted out of doesn’t change its propaganda value at all.
minus-squarePanArab@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 months agoI agree, I would never give Microsoft the benefit of the doubt.
Fortunately platforms like docs are providing sufficient competition that I don’t think they’d be able to lock it down as effectively as they once could.
They’ll have to settle for “warning” the user if they detect a file that was made by libreoffice.
The warning can be disabled from the settings
It’s still enabled by default and acts as FUD for the average user who won’t know to disable it and will get spooked by it.
That it can be opted out of doesn’t change its propaganda value at all.
I agree, I would never give Microsoft the benefit of the doubt.