Berlin, September 19, 2022 – The Document Foundation (TDF) announces the release of LibreOffice on Apple’s Mac App Store, to support end users who want to get all of their desktop software from Apple’s proprietary sales channel.
yes, what a great move! Let's make open source software even less accessible on MacOS by forcing users to pay for it, and giving Apple a share of the $$. Fantastic 😜
@Franz Geffke @LibreOffice I would see this as an additional donation channel. If you are accepting donations through paypal, patreon, flattr whatever the service, you are paying for that service. By selling otherwise free app through whatever store you are giving choices not taking them away. If you would like to get it for free, head to the website, download and install from there. If you would like to have one click experience when installing donate trough the store.
@pvagner in a perfect world, where everyone is deeply familiar with computers - sure. However, in a world where people don't know what browser they are using, but understand that to install software, they have to go to the "App Store" application, that doesn't expand choice, but limits it.
@MacLemon I'm not sure what "convening" or "fat Board" is in this context. LibreOffice from TDF is made by a community for a community. If you want to deploy it in a business, it's strongly recommended to source it from the ecosystem, to get long-term support, extra packaging options, and other benefits for businesses: https://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-in-business/
@mfolim When people help us to make an iPhone version! We're a volunteer-driven project, with very limited resources, so we focus on the desktop version. But you can already get LibreOffice-based apps for iOS: https://www.libreoffice.org/download/android-and-ios/
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in reply to LibreOffice • • •It's not about where else it is available, it's about which approach a user is familiar with, and the options available using this approach.
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in reply to LibreOffice • • •Because the downloadable version is complete impossible to deploy in a corporate setting.
And the terrible localization script that is offered does not recognize LibreOffice as a version it can localize.
Is the AppStore version any better than this?
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in reply to LibreOffice • • •I will wait for it. Regards a Fedora user.
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