Some gods are, by human standards, more evil than others.

You said “in the real world nobody much is doing the latter”.

LibreOffice can perfectly work with files stored on other people’s computers.

There is a difference between “cloud-hosting” (= storing your documents on other people’s computers) and “collaborative editing” (= working on the same file at the same time).

Then why can SoftMaker support it well and LibreOffice can’t?

But MS doesn’t even keep to that standard anymore.

To be fair, LibreOffice had (don’t know if it still has!) problems rendering OpenOffice .odt files in the past.

How is it Microsoft’s fault that the LibreOffice team fails to properly support its formats? Others can do it.

There are still a few issues left to fix in my experience.

There is Office software that can handle Microsoft formats better than other Office software. Still, Microsoft’s file formats are open.

Honest answer: People who would create spreadsheets for themselves.

Formats aren’t compatible. Parsers are.

However, in direct comparison with SoftMaker Office (which, admittedly, is not free software), LibreOffice is inconsistent, sluggish, unstable and less compatible with Microsoft formats.

They’re getting there.

AI bros are worse than Hitler

No

I thought they had stopped development? Have t checked them in a decade.

I imagine Gimp users revolting if it ever improves a lot.

Krita is also more of a Paint.NET than a Photoshop replacement.

And UI usability.

Honestly, GIMP is not a good alternative to Photoshop. I know, “it’s free” is enough for many people, but it … just isn’t.