So, I need to be super rich? Thats sad.
Where did things go this wrong?
Granted, you now need to pay Microsoft a monthly fee for Powerpoint instead of a one-time-fee. But that is in large part because too many people preferred Google Docs, so Microsoft tried to become more like them
Never felt myself lacking for fonts in Docs, myself. Quite the opposite, Google Fonts has way more than I'd ever have preinstalled and is now my primary avenue for typeface discovery.
Are you building a slide deck on your systems architecture? Probably doesn't matter.
Are you building a marketing deck on your new corporate identity? Probably matters a lot.
Either way, the tool I'm using shouldn't be the one deciding what matters and what doesn't. Just let me use my font as I please!
This isn’t much different; there still are plenty of non-Google options for creating presentations to choose from that do allow using your own font.
I think that supports the "Where did things go this wrong?" sentiment.
Depends on the place. Tons of restaurants in New Jersey encourage you to bring your own wine bottle and don't charge a "corking fee".
If people want the freedom to use their own fonts in their own presentation, and don't want to pay handsomely for the privilege, LibreOffice is freely downloadable. But they don't want to use that for some reason.
Yes, the EULA may prohibit modifications of local installations, but you’re not physically restricted from doing so - only contractually.
Then because your contract with Google is large enough to matter, they'll add your custom corporate branded fonts to your font dropdowns.
