Subscription increase

So what Microsoft is really saying is "We don't care about losing loyal subscribers - pay the new fee or loose access" - so blackmail it is! Yes, the true meaning of subscription access models in the daylight.

Looks like the beginning of the exploitation of the working and middle classes has begun by big business. With Trump in office, big business will be deregulated so they can do whatever they like to the consumer without recourse. Awesome ..... just awesome. Waiting to see what Apple, Amazon and other big companies start doing to consumers. Perhaps they increased costs because they put up wages ... nah, get serious, only bonuses to management and shareholders.

So NO, the above information was not helpful - just a bunch of corporate excuses for extorting more fees from long time loyal MS followers.

OMG! I just stumbled over my own subscription increase: I have paid $69.99 annual automatic subscription for more than 5 years. I've been a loyal Microsoft customer for more than 25-30 years and just this minute found my payment options only allowed $99.99 for personal use--instead of my $69.99 fee. That's 45.87% increase and I never even got any letter informing me of this blackmail highway robbery. I'm a 70 yr old senior who's rent is $50 MORE than my monthly Social Security check so I go to work every day and I'm burning out fast.

I have no need for AI and I don't want it! Bill Gates goes to tRump Inauguration and regular people stand in the snow and the rain. If I hadn't accidentally stumbled over this horror tonight, I wouldn't have known this until next year! WTH is going on? I don't know how I'll survive. My husband of 18 year skipped to the UK and took all our savings. He owes me $200,000 but good luck collecting it since he's in UK. I have no family. I'm f*cked!

Darren I 100% agree with your views - but it seems there is nothing that can be done - I don’t want copilot but the options appears to be pay 45% or you can get lost - shocking

This is completely UNACCEPTABLE! I cannot afford a 48% increase and I do NOT want copilot or AI. I can barely afford the $69.99!!! Time for revolution, folks! They're sucking us dry and giving us nothing in return. I am 70 years old and I cannot stand this vile oligarch sucking us dry. This is worse than Versailles!

Surely MS can accept some feedback on this. The response must be overwhelming. Can MS not reconsider this uplift in a cost of living crisis? The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) recently backflipped or delayed a fee for withdrawing your own money. Can MS offer anything? Even a price freeze for 2 years or something? Anything?

I AGREE 100% How about a Senior Discount? Or if you're on Food Stamps cause you are so poor and old? Bill Gates help us out here!

I'm with YOU, Mary! Microsoft snuck a 48% increase into my annual subscription and never informed me until I stumbled upon this thread tonight. I'll look for alternative. I don't need nor want copilot or AI.

Yes, I was just thinking yesterday that I need to figure out how to turn co-pilot off. It is really annoying to have the icon always in the way. I don't need AI's help to write. Funny, I learned to write in school. I already know how to do it. The price increase of 45% is outrageous for something I don't even want.