Office and Microsoft 365 will soon cost more, and it's all Copilot AI's fault

[Windows Central]

Microsoft 365 Personal and Microsoft 365 Family will soon cost more in several regions. The price increase is due to the addition of AI features in Copilot and Designer.

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[ad47uk]

A Microsoft 365 Classic option will be available, according to ZDNet, and it will cost a similar price to what you pay right now for Microsoft 365.

Similar price? so the price will still increase, if all the features is needed , then it is a good deal, but with free office suites out there that will suit the majority of people, paying for Microsoft 365 is costly over the year.

If I needed Office, I would buy it outright, fed up with subscriptions needed for this and needed for that.
Using a Mac for most things these days, i find pages and numbers does everything i need, but then I am just a home user, if i did not have a Mac, I would be using LibreOffice.

The one they don't have is desktop publishing, but then MS Office don't have that these days. I use Affinity publisher, but there are a couple of free ones around

 

[Ron-F]

The problem with service's subscriptions is that you became dependent of the service provider. As such, I always recommend researching potential alternatives. Microsoft's Office 365 and GamePass currently provide excellent value for money, but I remain ready to switch providers if their terms or pricing become less favorable.

 

[Laura Knotek]

I really don't have any use for the bundled Microsoft 365 these days. 1TB OneDrive storage is all I really need. If that is available standalone at a lower price, then I might drop the full Microsoft 365 subscription.

 

[naddy69]

There is no way I am paying a yearly subscription for Office. I paid around $50 combined for both Office 2021 for Windows and Office 2021 for Mac about 2 years ago.

I also have no need for "AI" anything. That companies "need to show profits from AI soon or it's going to go away" is not my problem.