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Microsoft's shady practicies of Office 365 subscription tiers (youtu.be)
submitted 4 days ago by JokaJukka to c/technology
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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...

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[–] HeyJoe 17 points 4 days ago (2 children)

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.

[–] MutilationWave 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Could you name the site for people who could really use this?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 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 4 points 4 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.

[–] Retro_unlimited 2 points 3 days ago

I was using office 2007 still on windows 10 before I switched to Linux. Old versions are really cheap.