Stop automatically installing the new Outlook

Microsoft has been overrun by communist **** Indians who think they know what's best for us regarding the computers WE own.

STOP FORCING **** THAT WE DID NOT ASK FOR UPON US, GODDAMMIT!!!!!

It's a free product, you don't have to use Outlook for windows. If you don't want to use it, there are plenty of free alternatives available.

Your Windows Mail app will stop receiving and sending email after December 31, 2024.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/outlook-for-windows-the-future-of-mail-calendar-and-people-on-windows-11-715fc27c-e0f4-4652-9174-47faa751b199

I could not agree with you more. Very very stupid move by Microsoft. I tried Outlook a few times and ran into all sorts of oddities that hindered my workflow. Nah, go for Thunderbird. It's updated regularly and even works on legacy hardware. It's been around for a long time so bugs are probably worked out by now, as it hasn't changed that much. AND it has a built in calendar. I've grown quite used to it, I hope you will too.

This is a bit upsetting. I use the calendar too. My deliveries feed into it as well as my appointments and reminders. And my contacts are there too. All the messages I've sent to Microsoft about Mail have been ignored. My NEW HP laptop has built-in Outlook. It's been quite a trial getting Mail to work with it. There have been a few fixes on here and only the last one worked. I guess I will go to Thunderbird also.

I will probably go for Mozilla Thunderbird.

It's been around for a long, long time. I actually tested it out in the early days and was not very impressed. However, recently I had a similar issue with my "older" Apple products, namely Mac computers bought approx 10 years ago. So, as we all know Apple stop you from updating the OS as they see appropriate. This also prevents you from updating the bundled Mail app, and I discovered that it turned out that perfectly usable computers were rendered almost useless. Looking for alternatives, I tried out Thunderbird and I have to say I like it. I have it installed on Mac computers and Linux boxes now, it works quite well. So I will probably go for it on Windows as well when M$ go through with this stupid **** forcing this bloatware app down our throats.

I would also like to know if an alternate app with a UI like Mail is around? Definitely an opening for a program designer to re-create mail as a standalone alternate to Outlook for us all to use.

I cant believe they would rather send us to rival companies than to just leave mail for us to use.
We aren't asking for new features, updates, support etc. We would just like the functionality to remain the same for us to continue using MAIL into the future. I feel that a company should be jumping at the opportunity to save some money in development costs and call it a win that so many users like and enjoy using an already developed and rolled out piece of software.
Sometimes having a bloated user interface is NOT something that the regular user would like or need. In comparison to something that is relatively straightforward to use for the average user or someone who has limited tech knowledge behind there belt.

I understand ending user support, updates and such, BUT to take away the feature and go to such lengths to stop users from staying with the older app by setting a date where they will actually block the functionality to FORCE consumers to the new software or to rival companies.

I find that tactic absolutely disgraceful for such a large company to employ against its own users, particularly when keeping Mail would cost less money and manpower than the new Outlook alternate anyway.