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This email came from you today....."Starting on 14/05/2025, the price for your Microsoft 365 Family subscription will change from AUD 139.00/year to AUD 179.00/year. "
This is totally excessive and wholly unjustified. I am completely uninterested in using your copilot system. All I want is the Word Excel and PowerPoint on my Mac.
I've seen some responses that suggest I can cancel and subscribe to MS 365 classic for cheaper.. But this not available in Australia. Are we Guinea pigs here to see how much you can gouge out of ordinary people. Shame on you and your ethics.
I think this move by you signals my final association with Microsoft and its products after nearly 40 years.
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Lucky people here. My subscription to 365 will go from $AUD109 to $AUD159 from 3rd June. Nice 50% increase based on what?
Microsoft, this price hike from $139 to $179 is MADNESS. It is not so long ago that the annual subscription was $79AUD
There is some commentary that this is to pay for the inclusion of CoPilot in the 365 apps like Word, Excel. I resisted the temptation to subscribe to Copilot when it was was priced separatly, and then suddenly it appeared in my apps. Nice one, I thought. Let us basic users have some exposure to AI
But not to be advised fo this 30% increase paying for features I did not select is UNACCEPTABLE.
I am actively researching moving to Google apps.
Please: Reconsider this increase, or possibly lose some of us. $139 up to $149 would be acceptable and still above inflation!
Kenn Iskov
Just cancel, I did 60 second after receiving their email.
Agreed. Then we see that the underlying plan is to make us 'worry' about credits, presumably thereby encouraging the purchase of more than we can use, in a subscription to copilot...
**"Note:**Copilot Pro subscriptions provide extensive access to AI features across Microsoft applications without worrying about credit limits. "
nice
I agree, being forced to use AI and pay so much extra - by a virtually monopolising company - is bullying in the extreme. Sadly I will also say goodbye to Microsoft. But where to go to get equivalent applications?