Microsoft offering software pirates discounts on Microsoft 365 subscriptions

LazyLion said:
The problem with the pirated version is that most anti-virus software keeps deleting the cracks.
It's a constant game of whack-a-mole
Not worth the hassle. Just go legit.
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Add folder/file to 'do not scan' list, pretty sure every anti-virus has this feature

Edit: see already been covered
 
backstreetboy said:
Strange. When I was still using Windows and not using my work O365 account I never encountered that.
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Think it's a microst thing. They know which are the office and windows cracks... and ignore the whitelists for those.
 
FirstShop has a promotion for Office 365 Family @ R 899. It saves buying directly from Microsoft's overpriced store. :)

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Sapphiron said:
pegleg jokes aside, I think it's an excellent move from Microsoft.

Piracy happens mostly because of a lack of convenience/access or exploitative pricing.

Many people I have spoken to, did not know that the family plans exist. They were under the impression that Office still costs R3000 per PC as it did a few years ago.

They also did not realize that you can purchase it online and the process only takes 10 mins. No need to go to a shop and purchase a boxed version.
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It's the reason why games are ps cheap in Russia. Might as well offer it at a fraction of the cost and get something, than lose out completely.
 
Are they doing something for Windows or do we still need to use those dodgy sites with "cannot activate this product in Turkey"...
 
rvZA said:
I tried Office 365 and it worked well. Unfortunately, Microsoft do not accept Paypal in SA, so I found myself a nice copy of Office 21 on the Seas. Happy with that too.
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And you say you own a business in the US, so why not just pay the US pricing if they support PayPal or are you really that cheap? You know you can write it off as a business expense right? I do.

And worst case, you have a credit card , which is why a lack of PayPal support (which is a truly crap reason) to justify your action doesn't make sense.
 
Vorastra said:
It's the reason why games are ps cheap in Russia. Might as well offer it at a fraction of the cost and get something, than lose out completely.
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Why I buy my games "in" Russia.
 
I got my Full Office 2021 (and MAC version) version for like R400. Validated on MS , works perfect.
 
Pirated software in Sandton.
Illigal electricity in Alex.
Same same.
 
Swa said:
Why I buy my games "in" Russia.
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I have some very Friendly Russian friends. They share the whole internet with me for free. Everything from GOG to Steam.
 
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I'm getting everything ready while waiting for my new PC to be delivered, so I've formatted my old boot drive, did a clean Win10 install then suddenly had to do a spreadsheet..

Google sheets to the rescue, made me think except maybe for Outlook do you really even need Office nowadays? And you could probably use something else for Outlook too.

The only benefit m365 has is the bundled cloud storage IMO.
 
Avbob se stoep said:
Just got myself Libre Office, does the same things really and its free. You just need to get used to slightly different UI, but its not a big hassle.
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If you really like the MS look, you can change Libre in the View menu, to look very much similar.
 
LazyLion said:
Think it's a microst thing. They know which are the office and windows cracks... and ignore the whitelists for those.
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No it's a "feature" of the AV..... app updates reset all settings to defaults.... it literally deletes the whitelists as part of the update.
 
Got myself a pro 2021 key from one of our kind local vendors.... I'm happy.
 
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