LibreOffice downloads on the rise as users look to avoid subscription costs

Re:LibreOffice downloads on the rise as users look to avoid ... by PeterStuer on Friday March 28, 2025 @03:36AM (#43502578)

I don't mind paying for MS Office. I do mind that every new version seems to be worse than the previous one for doing actual work on a real computer.

I realy feel the PM's at Microsoft consider you a dinosaur if your primary "productivity" device is not your phone.

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Re:LibreOffice downloads on the rise as users look to avoid ... by lauritz on Friday March 28, 2025 @03:44AM (#43502641)

Given that most of our civilization is run using these tools, it boggles the mind how they are still so limited.

Why is there a limit of nine levels of headings in Word? Why does it feel less usable on my i9 with 32GB of RAM once you hit 200+ pages? Why is the "collaborative mode" still way, way, way behind Google Docs functionality circa 2012? I feel like the core functionality has stagnated since Office 2003.

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Re:LibreOffice downloads on the rise as users look to avoid ... by XorNot on Friday March 28, 2025 @03:40AM (#43502613)

I stopped buying Office after 2003. Past then they added the Ribbon UI which ruined it for any productive workflow where you want to use styles and reviewing tools.

Been using LibreOffice Write ever since, which helpfully has pretty much the 2003 UI. The only thing I think it could use is that nifty Jetbrains "search anywhere" feature.

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