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Word documents will be saved to the cloud automatically on Windows going forward

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310 points speckx | 2 comments | 27 Aug 25 10:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.417s | source
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yodon ◴[27 Aug 25 12:12 UTC] No.45038582[source]▶
More than anything, Microsoft is incompetent at messaging and communications.

This is a feature that has been among the most loved aspects of its main competitor for more than a decade.

Somehow, Microsoft managed to make the same feature sound and feel and be creepy.

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Xelbair ◴[27 Aug 25 12:20 UTC] No.45038664[source]▶
It's even simpler.

People who wanted that kind of treatment and walled garden already moved to apple's ecosystem, and people who do not want this stayed with windows.

Now more and more of my non-technical friends are moving towards linux because microsoft is pushing them away.

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1. 8fingerlouie ◴[27 Aug 25 12:47 UTC] No.45038920[source]▶
I think the main competitor for Microsoft Office is Google, which indeed defaults to saving documents in the cloud.

Apple, as far as i know, still gives you a choice.

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2. p_ing ◴[28 Aug 25 07:55 UTC] No.45049608[source]▶
Pages and the rest of the iWork suite save to iCloud by default.

Both Apple and Microsoft give you the choice of where you want to save.