Post #965248
2025-10-24 10:58 UTC
Replies (23)
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@lucyruthe@mastodon.social 2025-10-24 15:46
@f_beaudet@cosocial.ca Awesome! Thank you for this! I skipped my renewal in July for my home laptop and actually need to renew. But ye gods I don't want copilot. Solutions!
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@lucyruthe@mastodon.social 2025-11-02 01:11
@lucasmz@wetdry.world @f_beaudet@cosocial.ca @Frantasaur@mastodon.ie Actually, I appreciate this conversation. Here's my situation. All of my existing laptop documents are already in MS Office, and I need to dig in and work on my resume. I would seriously consider making a switch to another product, but I am not qualified to work under the hood of my own computer. So I need it to be easy enough that everything I already have still works without requiring skills I don't have. The "classic" solution fits my basic goals.
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@johannab@cosocial.ca 2025-10-25 13:45
@f_beaudet@cosocial.ca good tip - thanks!
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@rainynight65@aus.social 2025-10-26 00:35
@f_beaudet@cosocial.ca worth noting that this only works if you're subscribing directly with Microsoft. If you buy an annual key through a reseller, you do not get offered the 'classic' option, so you will have to put up with Copilot. Thing is, even so these 12 month keys are often cheaper than paying Microsoft directly.
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@stevenaleach@sigmoid.social 2025-10-26 00:49
@f_beaudet@cosocial.ca Again, Word *used* to be something called a "word processor". How, exactly, do you "subscribe" to a word processor? Everything I hear about Microsoft these days is just bizarre and I can't even parse most of it.
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@BruceMirken@mas.to 2025-10-26 01:12
@f_beaudet@cosocial.ca I did that. It was actually pretty easy.
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@anne_twain@theblower.au 2025-10-26 01:13
@f_beaudet@cosocial.ca Bizarre. We've reached a stage where a seller decides if you'll buy something unless you opt out via a method controlled by the seller.
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@cavyherd@wandering.shop 2025-10-26 01:27
@f_beaudet@cosocial.ca Thank you for this. Yes, they did that to me. (They get bonus points for what I assume is a typo: "Effective February 14, 2025"—I'm assuming they meant November 14. 🤦
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@mlanger@mastodon.world 2025-10-26 02:59
@f_beaudet@cosocial.ca @RossA@mastodon.me.uk Or better yet, ditch Office completely. I'd been using Office since 1990 I never thought I could switch. Copilot was the last straw. I switched to Libre Office about a year ago. I miss Microsoft Office, but I don't miss the subscription fee, features I don't need force down my throat, and the intrusion of AI. and Libre Office gets the job done.
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@emilyvanartist@mastodon.social 2025-10-26 05:27
@f_beaudet@cosocial.ca good advice! Another option is to just start using LibreOffice instead. It has the same features, can read & create MS Office documents, and is always free and open. I've been using it for over a decade and every time I try out someone's MS software I am reminded how much better LibreOffice is!! And it's free.
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@draken@masto.nyc 2025-10-26 06:33
@f_beaudet@cosocial.ca ...or you can switch to a Linux distro and use LibreOffice. Given how bad Windon't is this is a legitimate option.
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@Martranslations@mastodon.social 2025-10-26 06:45
@f_beaudet@cosocial.ca Or just use https://www.libreoffice.org/
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@mschomm@bonn.social 2025-10-26 07:06
@f_beaudet@cosocial.ca For me the upcoming subscription renewal was the point in time when I decided to completely delete my Microsoft account.
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@ChrisMcZork@metalhead.club 2025-10-26 07:11
@f_beaudet@cosocial.ca and.... consider of course switching to #LibreOffice or #OnlyOffice (for a more ms365 look)
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@nizarus@mastodon.tn 2025-10-26 07:43
@f_beaudet@cosocial.ca and they can continue to train copilot by reading your documents... @brume@piaille.fr
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@geospacedman@mastodon.social 2025-10-26 08:33
@f_beaudet@cosocial.ca also, you're paying for the Epstein Ballroom now.
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@sassdawe@infosec.exchange 2025-10-26 09:33
@f_beaudet@cosocial.ca I just canceled my Xbox subscription and were looking at Office, I'm gonna try this next.
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@freediverx@mastodon.social 2025-10-26 10:17
@f_beaudet@cosocial.ca Fuck Microsoft.
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@grenelliot@mastodonapp.uk 2025-10-26 12:08
@f_beaudet@cosocial.ca Yuck, didn't know that was possible and just renewed last week. What's worse is only other members of my family actually use it now but I can't persuade them to ditch it. Any way, will revisit next year. Thanks for the info!
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@BobReflected@mastodon.social 2025-10-26 12:23
@f_beaudet@cosocial.ca Yes, I opted out - I'm more than happy to forego the 'copilot' option; in fact I might have paid not to have it 😉
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@Dianora@ottawa.place 2025-10-26 12:34
@f_beaudet@cosocial.ca Better yet, switch to libreoffice.
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@rob@social.prosumer.dev 2025-10-26 12:41
@f_beaudet@cosocial.ca @rmondello@hachyderm.io Unless you have a discount via the Microsoft Workplace Discount Program? https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/workplace-discount-program Microsoft claims that downgrading to Classic is a discount as well and you/they can’t combine discounts…
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@TimWardCam@c.im 2025-10-26 13:21
@f_beaudet@cosocial.ca Yes. And it *is* a new subscription, not a continuation of the old one. You will have to re-invite your family members.