65 points henriquenunez 26 minutes ago 15 comments
vondur 12 minutes ago | parent
It looks like your license only allows for the web version, so your university probably isn't spending that much for it. You'd get the same message on Windows too.
Handy-Man 10 minutes ago | parent
It seems your plan wouldn't even allow editing on Windows. Your university seems to be just paying for web versions.
jadar 10 minutes ago | parent
First, doesn't Microsoft give away M365 for free to educational institutions? (Perhaps that's only US institutions, though.) Second, isn't this how they bill their accounts — Business Basic doesn't get desktop apps and you need to pay more to use desktop apps? Third, did the OP try to open their document in LibreOffice? I think there's a legitimate criticism of the move from one-time lifetime purchases to the SaaS economy, but Microsoft isn't the only one who deserves criticism for this.
saulpw 8 minutes ago | parent
Perhaps Microsoft is the biggest one though? (Who could possibly be bigger?)
jadar 6 minutes ago | parent
Perhaps Google would be bigger? They don't even have desktop app offerings and the consumer versions are subsidized with your advertising data. They certainly weren't the first to introduce the pattern. I feel like Adobe was one of the first big providers to move from lifetime licenses to subscriptions.
jimbobimbo 9 minutes ago | parent
Alternative headline: my university had bought a (cheaper?) plan which doesn't tick all necessary boxes.
yndoendo 8 minutes ago | parent
You have to pay me to use Microsoft products and services.
The user experience gets worse with each passing year. A good product designer would see numerous flaws with in five minutes of using their office suite.
pelagicAustral 8 minutes ago | parent
Skill issue, this is why I mainline a macbook pro, a windows shitbox laptop and my kubuntu katana mega riced XPS. Yeah, I also walk about with a live cd.
harmlessblu 7 minutes ago | parent
I've seen this and I think it's actually a bug. I have mac computers at work and occasionally this will crop up and typically signing out and back in resolves the issue.