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Microsoft converts Office 2019 for Mac perpetual licenses to read-only versions (consumerrights.wiki)
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[โ€“] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They can, they have, and they will continue. A $20 million US lawsuit fine is just the cost of doing business to them. Barely a rounding error.

[โ€“] muhyb@programming.dev 14 points 1 day ago

That's just sad: