He specifically said he is against taking copyright away from the developers that wrote the code. The way you commented on the CLA issue reads as though you intentionally left this part out, as his legitimate reasoning for it would go against your views on the matter.
Please accurately represent the people you are quoting next time.
You know you can just... stop visiting all social media sites right? Its not easy but its very doable. Ive mostly done it (significantly reduced to almost nothing).
I'd say going directly to a developer's github page for packages isnt too bad, especially now with all of the security features github has in the background, but yea technically true.
If it helps, the web versions of O365 have been closing in fairly rapidly on their desktop counterparts to the point that I often find myself working in the web version without realizing it (usually when I open an attachment in Outlook or a Teams shared link). The preview of the new desktop version of Outlook is 99% the same as the web version now.
I don't know if its possible or not but you might be able to "install" them to your desktop as progressive web apps.
I saw a good post the other day which suggested to NOT migrate (at first) but instead try to find as many cross-platform apps as possible and use them on your current setup until migrating over would be relatively pain-free. Learn the free applications before switching to the free OS.
Why is work not providing a laptop to you? Making/allowing you do work on a BYOD is insanity from a security perspective. I hope your company doesn't have to go through PCI compliance audits or do any kind of transactions with the general public's credit cards...
To be clear: what I wrote here is not a linux user's opinion, but rather someone who works infosec for a Windows-based organization.
With that being said, you can use O365 apps through the browser just fine as long as you work out of your OneDrive or your team's SharePoint storage exclusively. You can even use Outlook/Exchange through O365.
But if you can, I'd push for a company laptop even if you stick with your Macs. Mixing personal devices with work is a baaaaad idea for both parties.
Additionally make it illegal to buy residential property if you do not spend more than 70% of your time living in the US (including travel) and must be a US citizen or US-headquartered company (with eminant domain type laws to reclaim the property if the company or citizen moves out of the country)
He specifically said he is against taking copyright away from the developers that wrote the code. The way you commented on the CLA issue reads as though you intentionally left this part out, as his legitimate reasoning for it would go against your views on the matter.
Please accurately represent the people you are quoting next time.