Microsoft Office 365 price hike

[winemaker81]

I use the MS Office 365 subscription, as it comes with multiple licenses, each of which has 1 TB of OneDrive space. OneDrive is great for syncing files between my PCs and my phone. I use it for non-critical files, e.g., files that I don't care are on the net, meaning nothing like personal financial files. The $99.99 cost per year is worth it to me.

Well ... I just discovered that MS is jacking the annual price up to $129.99.

So with a bit of searching, I discovered it's because MS has included CoPilot in MS Office ... which I have no use for. I immediately found the setting to turn it off.

Then I found this site, which explains how to get MS to back off. It requires canceling the subscription, at which point MS offers the old price for Office "Basic" without CoPilot.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-remove-copilot-from-your-microsoft-365-plan/

 

[Boatboy24]

I had the monthly and cancelled a week or so ago when my price was hiked. For ~$7/month, it was worth it, but not at double that.

 

[winemaker81]

I had the monthly and cancelled a week or so ago when my price was hiked. For ~$7/month, it was worth it, but not at double that.

I've been doing the annual subscription for the last few years. The offer of the old price may be a more recent thing, as MS may have been losing too many subscribers.

Paying $100 for 6 licenses for a year is fine. Jacking the price because of something I do not want or need (CoPilot)? Nope.

I've read a few editorials that stated MS is pushing CoPilot too hard and most people don't want it. This makes sense, as MS has never had a good understanding of their customers' needs.