• BananaTrifleViolin@kbin.social
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    122
    arrow-down
    5
    ·
    1 year ago

    I get where you’re coming from but I think you’re overstating the impact in this day and age. If this had been 1995 it’d be a big deal. Now it’s rediculously easy to install any alternative you like for free.

    Libre Office is an entire free fully features office suite.

    I’m less bothered about removing WordPad than I am about Microsoft advertising and pre-installing it’s products in Windows - they force Edge on people, they push OneDrive and preinstall a preview of Office. That’s the real problem - not losing WordPad.

    At one point Anti-Trust / Anti-monopoly regulators globally punished Microsoft for pushing Internet Explorer to consumers and for a long time in Europe had to offer a choice of Browsers to download on new Windows installs. Now it’s allowed to get away with abusing it’s dominant position to force it’s products on consumers.

    • Talos@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      17
      ·
      1 year ago

      I built a new PC two months ago and it’s the first time I didn’t get Office. Libre Office has everything I need and it’s free.