Re: Microsoft notepad.exe paywall

D <nospam@example.net> writes:

On Wed, 26 Feb 2025, Richmond wrote:
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D <nospam@example.net> writes:
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On Tue, 25 Feb 2025, D wrote:
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On Tue, 25 Feb 2025 16:51:19 -0000 (UTC), Ben Collver <bencollver@tilde.pink> wrote:

After 40 years of being free Microsoft has added a paywall to
Notepad
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for text editing, these freewares work superbly:
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libre office https://libreoffice.org notetab lite
https://notetab.com/notetab-light ted notepad
https://jsimlo.sk/notepad
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Emacs can be run on Windows too.
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Ahhh... wonderful news! Microsoft becoming more and more irrelevant
for the desktop every year.
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I'm convinced they will eventually make windows free with
surveillance, since no one will want to pay for the crap eventually.
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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

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I don't feel confident that Google doesn't spy on me, or that it is not
cloud focused.
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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!
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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.