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

I don't know why people say things that aren't true. I think the whole thing's a ripoff too, I don't get that much from CoPilot so why would I pay more for it. But it's not shoved down your throats, You can opt out of it. I know because I already did and I paid my old price for MS Office. And there isn't really any good alternative or if someone found one please tell me. Google Docs is not it.

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.

Not forced. The option of going and changing it to the no copilot included is still there. But you have to go choose it, not opt out.

The issue I saw was there was no communication about the change and how to revert back. That was to me sneaky but I saw the change 3 months before my renewal and asked about it. So yeah they could have done it better but have not forced anyone

You can revert back to no copilot. You do not have to have it as a part of your plan.

You change the subscription and go to the regular Microsoft 365 with no copilot

PSA:

You do not have to subscribe to that increase. You can change it back to the no copilot version before your renewal.

It was not communicated nor had a opt out But you can if you want. It wasn't done smooth but it can be reverted back to no copilot