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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You’re assuming everyone is a power user. There will be thousands of people who won’t have an alternative and think that paying for word is the only option.

This is to fuck over the casual computer user who doesn’t know better or alternatives. Microsoft already knows that more informed users like us are a lost cause to upsell.

This is also why they tried that “malware” pop up to get people to go back to Edge. To once again, fuck over uninformed users.