KatherinaReichelt@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoMicrosoft is intentionally bricking all Office for Mac 2019/2021 installationswww.osnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square103linkfedilinkarrow-up1502arrow-down17
arrow-up1495arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft is intentionally bricking all Office for Mac 2019/2021 installationswww.osnews.comKatherinaReichelt@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square103linkfedilink
minus-squareDevolution@lemmy.worldBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·2 months agoHow is this even legal?
minus-squarewoelkchen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·2 months agoBecause legislation related to Stop Killing Games has not yet passed.
minus-squareJestzer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 months 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-up10·2 months 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-up2·2 months 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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