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From: Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com>
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Microsoft notepad.exe paywall
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2025 12:28:33 +0000
Organization: Frantic
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D <nospam@example.net> writes:

> On Wed, 26 Feb 2025, Richmond wrote:
>
>> D <nospam@example.net> writes:
>>
>>> On Tue, 25 Feb 2025, D wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>> =====================================================================
>>>>
>>>> for text editing, these freewares work superbly:
>>>>
>>>> libre office https://libreoffice.org notetab lite
>>>> https://notetab.com/notetab-light ted notepad
>>>> https://jsimlo.sk/notepad
>>>>
>>
>> Emacs can be run on Windows too.
>>
>>>
>>> Ahhh... wonderful news! Microsoft becoming more and more irrelevant
>>> for the desktop every year.
>>>
>>> I'm convinced they will eventually make windows free with
>>> surveillance, since no one will want to pay for the crap eventually.
>>>
>>> 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
>>
>> I don't feel confident that Google doesn't spy on me, or that it is not
>> cloud focused.
>>
>
> 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!
>
> 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.