KatherinaReichelt@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoMicrosoft is intentionally bricking all Office for Mac 2019/2021 installationswww.osnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square104linkfedilinkarrow-up1503arrow-down16
arrow-up1497arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft is intentionally bricking all Office for Mac 2019/2021 installationswww.osnews.comKatherinaReichelt@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square104linkfedilink
minus-squareDevolution@lemmy.worldBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·1 month agoHow is this even legal?
minus-squarewoelkchen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·1 month agoBecause legislation related to Stop Killing Games has not yet passed.
minus-squareJestzer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 month agoBecause it’s Microsoft and whether anybody likes it or not, they’ll do whatever they want and at best, lose a few pennies.
minus-squarenyan@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoIf it is, in fact, legal, it’s because there’s a weasel clause in the clickwrap that says, in effect, “We can change this agreement in any way at any time. Not you, just us.”
minus-squareFlagstaff@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoWait, did one of them actually say this?
How is this even legal?
Because legislation related to Stop Killing Games has not yet passed.
Because it’s Microsoft and whether anybody likes it or not, they’ll do whatever they want and at best, lose a few pennies.
If it is, in fact, legal, it’s because there’s a weasel clause in the clickwrap that says, in effect, “We can change this agreement in any way at any time. Not you, just us.”
Wait, did one of them actually say this?
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