Microsoft’s Sneaky Forced-Upsell to 365 Users; If You Don’t Need/Want Copilot, Don’t Pay for It
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If, like me, you recently received a notification about a price increase to your Microsoft 365 subscription, you might not realise you have a choice...If you...

Summarizing video showing MS’ horrible practicies regarding Office 365’s subscription tiers, where they basically forcefully upgrade you to a higher tier subscription, and at the same time renaming the tier names so you won’t notice…

  • HeyJoe@lemmy.worldEnglish
    17·
    2 days ago

    I know people mentioned the free alternatives, but if the subscription is really just for office, then why not buy a license to a non web based office version? They do still make them, as much as they want to remove them completely. You can even get them heavily discounted off 3rd party sites. I got my copy of 2019 for like $20 a year before it went EOL and I’m still using it because I really don’t have the highest use for it. If you want office 2021, which is good with support until end of 2026, it’s about $50 right now but I see them go lower all the time and can probably get it for $30. This is the pro version as well. Sadly I don’t see office 2024 for sale yet on my site but I guarantee it will be a year from now.

      • Fiery@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        4·
        2 days ago

        Not the site you’re looking for, but Massgravel’s MAS (GitHub link) works just fine to activate any office or Windows install for free.

        Not really 100% legal, but seeing as the scripts have been available on a M$ platform without being taken down it’s pretty safe to assume M$ doesn’t care. (They make their money from enterprise customers anyways)

      • HeyJoe@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        2 days ago

        I got my Windows 11 key and office key from here:

        https://shop.lifehacker.com/sales/microsoft-office-professional-2021-for-windows-lifetime-license-5

        There may be better places but the prices were better than I expected so I tried it. Site was fine, and both licenses worked perfectly. I think i saw get another 15% offer if your a new user so don’t forget to sign up at the bottom to get more off your first purchase. I actually see office 2024 as well now and it’s a bit much at $160, but from what I see Amazon and newegg are selling it for $250. I would still wait, I honestly have no idea what new stuff they ever add that is useful to me anymore, 2021 is probably fine for $100 less.