This is really shocking: and true. I discovered I'd just been upgraded without consent to an AI-enshittified package that was about £30 a year more expensive. Strongly recommend anyone who has an Office 365 follow the below advice to get rid of it
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James Coruscanti Diner III
Microsoft is going to price gouge you by adding their genAI to your subscription without your consent, and they are not transparent about how to avoid this bullshit.
Here's how to change your subscription back to "Classic" for a lower charge without Copilot: answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffi...
Here's how to change your subscription back to "Classic" for a lower charge without Copilot: answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffi...
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It's a one off fee, you have to jump through hoops to get it registered but once done it's yours for life without Copilot!
I need office, but thankfully versions with pay-once perpetual licenses are still available.
Even the free version is pretty darn great though. OneNote doesn't get nearly the attention it deserves.
It's a one off fee, you have to jump through hoops to get it registered but once done it's yours for life without Copilot!
Have just changed my subscription back to classic.
It is really out of order them doing this 😕
Just changed my subscription back
What a frigging rip-off 🤬
It also looks like if you got a discount via your job then that only applies to the AI version, the non-AI version ends up about the same per month.
Oh, well, any alternatives to MS Office out there?
*waits for patronising responses*
A 30%+ price increase for something I don’t want is definitely taking the michael.
AI north of £100. Perhaps those idiots are letting AI do the pricing
Will be considering cancellation at next renewal date. Any suggestions for a better cloud storage option?