How the heck will the software know to not allow editing documents after a certain day - did they just vibe code in a kill-switch into a recent update?
If so, could users roll back to an earlier version without this bullshit, or play with the local time settings to appear as though it’s before July 13?
If the answer is yes to either of these, it’s only a matter of time before someone figures out a way to patch out this bullshit. Which will work fine for personal users, but will likely fuck over SMEs that will likely be forced over to Office 365.
…and I actually prefer Excel over the Google/Libre/Apple alternatives, but seriously - fuck Microslop for this bullshit.
How the heck will the software know to not allow editing documents after a certain day - did they just vibe code in a kill-switch into a recent update?
If so, could users roll back to an earlier version without this bullshit, or play with the local time settings to appear as though it’s before July 13?
If the answer is yes to either of these, it’s only a matter of time before someone figures out a way to patch out this bullshit. Which will work fine for personal users, but will likely fuck over SMEs that will likely be forced over to Office 365.
…and I actually prefer Excel over the Google/Libre/Apple alternatives, but seriously - fuck Microslop for this bullshit.
They baked license server checks into their local installed apps, so now they can just “flip a switch” to disable access.
Planned obsolescence.