Re: The problem with not owning the software

In alt.comp.os.windows-11 Mr. Man-wai Chang <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> wrote:

On 21/12/2024 8:26 pm, CrudeSausage wrote:

Le 2024-12-21 à 03:52, Mr. Man-wai Chang a écrit :

On 20/12/2024 9:03 am, CrudeSausage wrote:
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It's not about "owning the software", but whether it requires a real-
time online account to work. The usual words are "standalone" and
"offline". :)

 
The moment you require an online account to verify if you are the person
who bought the software, you don't own it.

If you really paid for it, the online check should still tell you that
you own it, or at least, you have a "digital entitlement".  :)

And if this company goes away... :(

Office 365 is not the same as the older standalone Office 2021. Well...
I am still using 2007 and 2010.

I am using updated 2007 SR3 and LibreOffice, but I rarely use Office
anymore like my younger days since Office 95.

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