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Mail & Calendar Apps Will Be Replaced with New Outlook for Windows December 2024
Curious as to who or what is pushing this massive and disruptive change? What was wrong with the previous versions that were transparent, easy to use, required no technology or coding degree to be able to manipulate? I am reading so many negative responses about these new versions of Microsoft products that cause disappearing documents and folders, emails, etc. Why is Microsoft determined to break something that has been working so well for so many? I cannot find any logic in this change. As I've noted previously, I have been a user of Microsoft products for decades; previously I worked with Corel programs - which I thought were excellent, but which were obscured by the crush of Microsoft onto the scene. At the time, I felt it was inferior in many respects to Corel, but it was still usable and understandable/easy to use. At this juncture, it appears that Microsoft is breaking the confidence of many in addition to breaking the access to the product we have come to learn and use so easily over all the applications. Not choosing to adapt to the OneDrive and other "improvements" is a death knoll because it results in even more documents and folders disappearing.
Honestly, I think its their intention to dumb down their products. Gone are the days that companies like Microsoft do what is right for their customers, because well, what else can you do? They do right by themselves. Sure, some of us could cancel our use of Word/Excel, etc and go with an alternative, but getting large organizations to do that? Doubtful, and they know it.
- Yep, this is exactly it. All these companies want to appeal to the lowest common denominator - and bring everybody else down to it.
