Why is there a price increase in Office 365 annual subscription? Am I getting some new stuff? I'm in Malaysia.

I found out how to go back to the classic version of your M365 subscription (i.e. without Copilot), no need to raise a ticket. This was on another forum post, definitely works in Australia, not sure about other countries. The only issue is that the change won't take effect until the end of your current subscription period, so if you're on annual like me you could be stuck with Copilot for a year (I'm currently trying to get MS to refund the difference):

If you prefer to use Microsoft 365 apps without Copilot at all. Please refer to the following to try to switch back to your old subscription.

• Visitaccount.microsoft.com/services.
• Select the Microsoft 365 Personal subscription you have and select “Manage”.
• Select “Unsubscribe”.
• View “Switch to a subscription that suits you better*” and select “Microsoft 365 Personal Classic”.*
• After following the instructions to complete your subscription. Your subscription will automatically renew to Classic when its existing subscription expires.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/how-to-disable-or-remove-copilot-in-office-365/fc12cf79-3f93-4db9-8213-07ad13e16756?correlationid=8a348e39-8d5a-4167-a55c-bdcf7e29b571&from=ContactUsWebBCQR

Thanks , I will look into it.

I'm in Australia too but don't see that option. It may be because I'm on a family subscription and/or because I'm paid up until May next year. For the time being I've turned off recurring billing and hopefully closer to the time they'll make accessing 'Classic' easier for families.

I find the increase to be unfair. I like using Microsoft Office due to the seamless integration between all my devices. And I do like the 1 TB Cloud Storage option. But I do not like the new price increase. It is not justifiable. I also had a really bad experience with their support people regarding this matter. I guess my only option is not to renew the subscription. I was on a monthly plan of RM 21.90 under Google Play Store with the first month free. Now the best price seems to be at RM 27 / month. I feel that they have pulled the rug under my feet just as I was getting comfortable using it, being from a Mac background. Well, the ball is in their court now. They can say goodbye to my subscription unless they roll it back to the old pricing.

And someone at Microsoft should really look into their support people and how these support people respond to their clients. It's bad to drive business away. Microsoft even committed to investing lots of money in Malaysia for AI, and this price increase might be to justify their investment. Well, I'm not buying it.

Hope someone at Microsoft understands our predicament and takes meaningful action to reverse this.

I am starting to consider another storage provider - 2TB for $12.50 AUD and then switch to open office.

I have absolutely no interest in copilot, so I do not see that as a means to charge me (even partly) for these office products.

It's an increase well past inflation, Its really quite a questionable move IMO.

Now let's see what happens to this post.