shoulderoforion to Technology • 6 hours agoMicrosoft retires WordPad after 28 years — app no longer available as of Windows 11 24H2www.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1279arrow-down13file-text
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minus-square@9point6linkEnglish9•edit-24 hours agoAnd so the bloodline of windows write is extinguished This is kinda sad that if you want to do even basic word processing with Microsoft software, your only option now is an ongoing subscription to do so.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 hours ago …your only option now is an ongoing subscription to do so. You can also still buy the Office package without subscription. The latest release is from 2024 and 2021 before that. But of course its expensive for basic stuff.
minus-square@9point6linkEnglish1•1 hour agoOh I didn’t actually realise that, I thought they’d just gone full Adobe with office 365
And so the bloodline of windows write is extinguished
This is kinda sad that if you want to do even basic word processing with Microsoft software, your only option now is an ongoing subscription to do so.
You can also still buy the Office package without subscription. The latest release is from 2024 and 2021 before that. But of course its expensive for basic stuff.
Oh I didn’t actually realise that, I thought they’d just gone full Adobe with office 365