Why has there been a 50% increasing the price of Microsoft 365 Personal? This is an extraordinary increase and unaffordable for most people .

You have completely missed the point. People are not so much complaining about the increase in price (although 50% increase is intolerable) as they are complaining about the way Microsoft has gone about it. Microsoft did NOT inform people of the exorbitant increase, Microsoft did NOT inform people they were changing the product to include AI, Microsoft did NOT make it clear that people could retain their previous product at the same price they paid the previous year, Microsoft made it very difficult for people to find out they did not have to agree to the inflated new price, Microsoft only gave people the information if they were going through the cancellation process. All this is why people are so upset and angry with what happened this year. You may be smugly accusing people of saying things that are not true, which is itself un true, BUT Microsoft deliberately set out to con people by hiding information that allows people to make an informed decision thereby 'forcing' people to accept the increased cost and little value or cancel their account.

Hi there,

In my opinion this is really shameful and just reflects corporate greed!

Why not sell it as an option instead of forcing it on all subscriptions?

What about those that benefit from a 30% discount with the ~partner program~ discount code? (don't remember the exact name)

Price was 48,30€ instead of 69 and now it's 69.30 with the discount? 21€ for 60 AI Credits... OK...

I do not want, nor do I use the AI features. I mostly use it for OneDrive, I might as well just switch to a dedicated cloud storage solution..

The Office Apps were just a plus and great to have but really not a must with all the different alternatives available as well.

What grace period do I have to take everything out of my account if the subscription is not renewed?

Thanks

It's interesting that the email sent out does not say that this is happening because of Co-Pilot, nor does it say if you want to keep your previous price subscription switch to the classic plan.

I switched immediately. But what value am I getting if no one I know uses the plan but me? What is my money going towards?

Either way, if switching was an option, why not say it explicitly in the email, instead of having me think I was going to have to lose all the apps in order to cancel? I was already looking at other options besides Microsoft.

Several posts in this thread have the various ways people have managed to do so. Go back and read through them to find links and instructions.

Heya Lucia would this process remove my OneDrive contents or would they remain?