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Wait, they think people want Copilot? Like enough to pay money for it?
They are banking on customers being too invested in office to switch.
It's a safe bet. I wonder if enterprise pricing is that high.
Preaching to the choir here but LibreOffice has been excellent since my MSOffice license expired. Unless you're working in an enterprise setting with MS-specific macros or online collaboration, there's no reason to be paying for basic document editing software in 2025.
There are also self-hosted and open-sourced collaborative editing suites available that I haven't tried yet, but there are plenty of options
Even if you need microsoft office for some random file you can use their free web version. Well it's been a couple years since I last needed it I'm assuming it still exists
Fun story, it's called office 365 as when you see the price you'll turn 365 degrees and walk away.
Ok that doesn't really work but God I love that stupid joke.
Anyway I haven't used office personally for ages and never seem to run into real compatibility issues with the meager personal/business overlap in my situation.
It made me chuckle a little imaging that you do a full 365 degree spin Infront of Microsoft and then walk away (in an awkward way), instead of 180 degrees to walk the opposite direction haha
365 spin, then realizing your mistake and awkwardly walking backwards out of the room
Technically speaking with 365* of rotation if you are far enough away you will be able to walk past microsoft, so this is possible.
I guess I should be happy I applied a work discount, which extended my subscription until Oktober 2026 or something.
worlds most over glorified over priced office website that runs like a slug
I'm so glad I work in an industry where I can get away with using Libre Office.
