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Microsoft retroactively removed the license for perpetual Office 2019 licenses (appleinsider.com)
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[โ€“] darcmage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Microsoft_Office_2019_and_2021_for_Mac_view-only_conversion_(2026)

The product line is bounded by a hard build cap below the 16.83 threshold, and Microsoft's own support documentation states the issue "cannot be resolved by updating or reinstalling Office 2019 for Mac." Office 2021 for Mac, by contrast, is still receiving updates through its October 13, 2026 retirement date & can reach 16.83 on supported macOS versions. Windows and Android versions of Office are not affected by the certificate expiry.

What is it about macOS that forces this conversion and leaves Windows unaffected?

[โ€“] mx_smith@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

Apparently they are saying that just the Mac versions authenticate through servers whose certificates will expire this year and they are shutting them down at that point.