• doctortran@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    Excel effectively forces cloud usage now if you want to use autosave. And frankly, Microsoft is doing everything it can to shift users to cloud based Office apps.

    They really, really want users and business owners to think of the local data storage and desktop computing as secondary to OneDrive and Webapps. I swear at some point in the future the consumer version of Windows will be little more than the Edge browser in a wig.

    • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      I swear at some point in the future the consumer version of Windows will be little more than the Edge browser in a wig.

      Does that mean the install size might wind up being less than 23.2 gigs?

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      3 months ago

      Companies now prefer cloud storage because they will still have the data if they fire you as your access will be lost immediately. You could delete all local files and it will take lot of time and effort to recover them.