I've been listening to normies complain about Libre Office for the last couple of hours, eugh...
It's all "Google, Google, Google, why don't you just use Google Docs?"
Oh, I don't know, maybe because I actually like to work offline? Or maybe because I don't like having my writing censored as I type..?
I mean, come on...
Gmail is already shit enough, on its own.
I'm the same as you, on the laptop I am using right now, lol...
Unfortunately my new one that I am still setting up for everyday use won't let me use older Office versions (I believe), so that is going to be... Awful.
Or even more reasonably asking “why does a for profit, publicly traded company give this out for free? Am I the product” we know how how FOSS are funded like linux distros, libre office, Apache, blender, gimp, etc. through donations, merch, support subscriptions. Google is selling your info. Good enough as any reason to not use their products. And how many different devices are you reasonably working on throughout the day? Word processor files are tiny.
I would also note that Gmail subtly did this. Like, if this change was "announced" anywhere, I didn't actively notice...
It only became obvious in the last few months, while drafting emails, that it was clearly following the same "trend", now...
Because that's how this always goes: sneak the change in, and hope the normies don't pick up on it/notice enough to care, or they just accept it as inevitable... Unfortunately...
I haven't used it for a while, either, but I'm reliably informed it does, now, yes...
Gmail does, now. I would be entirely unsurprised if it does the same...
I guess you could do a "jogger test" with Sheets, to check (which would be... Amusing, if nothing else), but like you say, if they're going to do this anywhere, it will be in the word processor, not so much the spreadsheet app...
I've been listening to normies complain about Libre Office for the last couple of hours, eugh...
It's all "Google, Google, Google, why don't you just use Google Docs?"
Oh, I don't know, maybe because I actually like to work offline? Or maybe because I don't like having my writing censored as I type..?
I mean, come on...
Gmail is already shit enough, on its own.
I'm the same as you, on the laptop I am using right now, lol...
Unfortunately my new one that I am still setting up for everyday use won't let me use older Office versions (I believe), so that is going to be... Awful.
Or even more reasonably asking “why does a for profit, publicly traded company give this out for free? Am I the product” we know how how FOSS are funded like linux distros, libre office, Apache, blender, gimp, etc. through donations, merch, support subscriptions. Google is selling your info. Good enough as any reason to not use their products. And how many different devices are you reasonably working on throughout the day? Word processor files are tiny.
Does Docs actually do this? I've had to use a lot of Sheets, but obviously it's a different beast.
I would also note that Gmail subtly did this. Like, if this change was "announced" anywhere, I didn't actively notice...
It only became obvious in the last few months, while drafting emails, that it was clearly following the same "trend", now...
Because that's how this always goes: sneak the change in, and hope the normies don't pick up on it/notice enough to care, or they just accept it as inevitable... Unfortunately...
I haven't used it for a while, either, but I'm reliably informed it does, now, yes...
Gmail does, now. I would be entirely unsurprised if it does the same...
I guess you could do a "jogger test" with Sheets, to check (which would be... Amusing, if nothing else), but like you say, if they're going to do this anywhere, it will be in the word processor, not so much the spreadsheet app...
Gmail literally does, dude.
I used it today and it did this…
And I’ve seen articles about Docs doing the same, now.
Stop running interference, or whatever it is you are trying, here. “Weird ramble” or no…
Try updating the software. It won't work for the really old versions but I was able to get the 2016 version on my current laptop.
https://github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts
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https://massgrave.dev/office_c2r_links.html