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minus-squareadarza@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·2 months agoreference to this, i’m guessing: https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/05/28/microsoft-is-killing-office-2019-for-mac-and-iphone-and-you-cant-do-much-about-it apparently it’s due to an expiring digital certificate. this older version is ‘end of life’ and because it isn’t receiving updates anymore, microsoft’s lust for profits says it won’t get a renewed certificate either.
reference to this, i’m guessing:
https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/05/28/microsoft-is-killing-office-2019-for-mac-and-iphone-and-you-cant-do-much-about-it
apparently it’s due to an expiring digital certificate. this older version is ‘end of life’ and because it isn’t receiving updates anymore, microsoft’s lust for profits says it won’t get a renewed certificate either.