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knowing when an account is created, down to the month and year seems to me to be an unrealistic requirement for a password reset.

i wouldn't know the answer to that for any account, anywhere.

since netscape navigator here. even used netscape during the dark ages (when aol controlled it).

with microsoft's crapware added instead.

hardly any issues here, either. and we abuse tf out of firefox.. 300+ tabs? stay open for days on end? multiple addons? on c2d-era desktops? no problem.

openoffice is an asf project (apache. same organization that does the apache web server and many other projects); the code and project was donated to them by oracle. it still exists, its development cycle is just a tad slower than most would like.

libreoffice was forked off of openoffice when it was still an oracle project (they having acquired it when they bought sun microsystems).

without activation or a subscription, your current office installation will continue to read and view the files just fine, you just won't be able to edit and re-save them or create new ones.

there are a number of 'free' or open source alternative to several of the microsoft office applications (word, excel, and ppt), such as onlyoffice, libreoffice, softmaker, etc. set the default save format back to microsoft office format (docx, xlsx, pptx) for a more seamless transition. if your online drive is mounted in your os, any of these would be able to read/write to it like any other installed application.

older versions of microsoft office (2010 and earlier) may be 'out of date' and unsupported, but they still work and can be bought second-hand for cheap.

there is also free-to-use online versions of microsoft office and google docs (their respective online account required--and their anti-privacy policies apply). these would by default use their respective online storage.

if you are in university, you may be able to get a low-cost or even free microsoft office key or subscription from your school. check with your student i.t. help desk or school-run campus bookstore.

if you work for a larger company or institution that uses volume licenses of microsoft software, they may have a 'workplace discount' for a microsoft 365 sub, it's about $20-30 off per year (the more reasonable 'home use program' does not exist anymore).

if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

if it's still under-budget, break it carefully.

be kind to the poor pfc, he's paying by the week for seven years for that shitbox.

the last four years have felt like that every week

if you have no desire to 'participate' on a social media platform, but want people to still be able to 'google' you, perhaps a personal web page on your own domain. with a brief bio, your cv, and perhaps some interesting tidbits from hobbies or work projects.

dns-based blockers do not work on youtube. google delivers ads from the same hostnames as the content.

penetrates deep.