I feel the pain of users that are trying to lower involvement with AI on their devices. NONE of the posts by technical advisers seems even close to relevant to me after wasting time trying them. I'm posting this screed because I want Microsoft to KNOW how I feel. I recommend every user that doesn't want AI... to flood the blog here in an attempt to MAKE them listen and know how serious we are.
Today 2/10/25 I tried canceling my Office 365 subscription at the account page. When I hit cancel subscription of course it didn't cancel. A new page with account options came up. There is an option that does NOT include Copilot. It is SLIGHTLY less expensive too. I signed up for ONE month of the new AI free Office 365. I will test it for a month before signing up for the annual subscription. Before canceling anything think about problems that could come up. Your cloud storage is a big thought. The new subscription says it's everything that I already have but without Copilot. Time will tell. This change for me will start in April 2025 and I'll try to update here on how it goes.
I am also looking for alternatives to Office which I have used and really liked since it was invented. My thought is that anything / anywhere we go some sort of AI will be involved. This doesn't mean we shouldn't keep fighting against having this intrusion into our world. Good luck people.