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Re: No Longer A Joke. Micro$oft Is Malware

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On Tue, 29 Jul 2025 07:43:22 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

> 
> Always amused by the ads at login. Haven't seen much of the fun
> that the article mentions.
>

The article is only the beginning, unfortunately.

When attempting to export a document as PDF, Office 365
now offers you 2 free Adobe Acrobat formatted PDFs before
agreeing to a pay-per-print contract.  If one declines
then a severely limited M$ export option is given.

M$ and Adobe are obviously united in milking their captive
user base.

Not only Micro$lop but most Micro$lop software is joining
the extortion party.

A lot of M$ software, paid by subscription, includes targeted
"suggestions" (i.e. ads) based on recorded user behavior.

I know this because the software at my place of employment
displays this exact behavior -- and no one, except me, gives
a flying fuck.

Unfortunately, the owner/pres is a total digital idiot
and I could not ever convince him to switch to GNU/Linux/FOSS.
(Although I could easily transform that whole fucking place.)

On one of my home machines I have Winblows 11 but it has
been completely gutted to remove everything except the functional
essentials.  It requires several hours to do the gutting
but it is certainly worth it. 
 
-- 
Gentoo: God's gift to FOSS.

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No Longer A Joke. Micro$oft Is Malware Diego Garcia <dg@linux.rocks> - 2025-07-28 18:13 +0000
  Re: No Longer A Joke. Micro$oft Is Malware Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-07-28 18:23 -0400
  Re: No Longer A Joke. Micro$oft Is Malware Diego Garcia <dg@linux.rocks> - 2025-07-29 18:54 +0000

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