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Worth the effort to obtain a copy of MS Office on the high seas? *SOLVED (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Reverendender@sh.itjust.works to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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It's for my mother, who so far cannot stand LibreOffice.

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[-] Digital_Prophet@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

key resellers have office 2021 pro plus (the non subscription one) for $30.00ish (earlier versions are even cheaper) and that is what I recommend if you absolutely have to get office.

[-] Th4tGuyII@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Considering the grey market is filled with dodgy keys, it'd be better to just pirate, especially when there are easy and safe ways to do it like with MAS

[-] Outtatime@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

I've bought gray market keys for years without an issue. Also, good key sellers have money back guarantees

[-] Th4tGuyII@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Good resellers do, but I think my point still stands - why risk any of that when Microsoft doesn't get your money either way?
MAS/Massgrave works effectively, is open source, is well-documented, and literally free.

[-] Outtatime@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Just found out about that today thanks

[-] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 7 points 1 year ago

imho between the two options, the more ethical is to pirate rather than supporting a shady key reseller. Anyway microsoft gets the exact same amount of money either if you purchase a stolen key from msdn or you install a pirated copy activated via mas