Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Microsoft notepad.exe paywall Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2025 23:05:09 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: <680fcfc2-84e4-eca3-0a48-cbb67b7d2918@example.net> References: <20250225.172500.eb769ce1@mixmin.net> <6591afa9-31db-5ae7-1882-d011ebfd7fb9@example.net> <86cyf45378.fsf@example.com> <1d3ee924-064c-da45-4c5c-0f475728ffdf@example.net> <868qps51qm.fsf@example.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="1936877"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 In-Reply-To: <868qps51qm.fsf@example.com> Xref: csiph.com comp.misc:26723 On Wed, 26 Feb 2025, Richmond wrote: > D writes: > >> On Wed, 26 Feb 2025, Richmond wrote: >> >>> D writes: >>> >>>> On Tue, 25 Feb 2025, D wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Tue, 25 Feb 2025 16:51:19 -0000 (UTC), Ben Collver wrote: >>>>>> After 40 years of being free Microsoft has added a paywall to >>>>>> Notepad >>>>>> ===================================================================== >>>>> >>>>> for text editing, these freewares work superbly: >>>>> >>>>> libre office https://libreoffice.org notetab lite >>>>> https://notetab.com/notetab-light ted notepad >>>>> https://jsimlo.sk/notepad >>>>> >>> >>> Emacs can be run on Windows too. >>> >>>> >>>> Ahhh... wonderful news! Microsoft becoming more and more irrelevant >>>> for the desktop every year. >>>> >>>> I'm convinced they will eventually make windows free with >>>> surveillance, since no one will want to pay for the crap eventually. >>>> >>>> With android, chromebooks, linux, ipads, mac os there's plenty of way >>>> better options out there. I feel as if Microsoft, due to its cloud >>>> focus, is slowly losing their grip on the desktop market! =D >>> >>> I don't feel confident that Google doesn't spy on me, or that it is not >>> cloud focused. >>> >> >> Google? The only time I use google is on behalf of one of my >> customers, so if they want google to spy on them and their IP, by all >> means! >> >> Personally, and in my own company, not a google or microsoft product >> as far as the eye can see! =D > > You listed Chromebooks and Android, now you are saying "Google?". > > Chromebooks are very cloud focused I think. I think they can be degoogled, just like android.