I read yesterday where Microsoft is planning to integrate Copilot into Microsoft 365 Personal and Family whether you like it or not, and raise the price to everyone. They have already done this in Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand.
"In Australia, for example, one user reported that the cost of their subscription had risen to $AU179 this week; the previous price was AU$139."
I guess this is their test market. I hope they get enough push-back to reconsider this move.
Hopefully the following claim holds true.
"For those who neither want nor need those AI features, a Microsoft 365 Classic option will be available, at prices that are similar to those in place before the Copilot-driven increase."
Enough is enough already Microsoft!!!!
Well, its finally happened! I opened Excel this morning and this pesky little Copilot cursor kept appearing when I hovered over a cell. Then I opened Word, and yep, it was there as well. I went to my Microsoft account page and sure enough, the cost has risen from $99/year to $129/year. You get 60 Copilot credits per month to use Copilot. I despise Copilot being added to these apps. You can turn it off, but you still have to pays the increased price.
I spent half a day in a chat with MS to have my Microsoft 365 subscription degraded to what they call the Classic version. MS has a support article on how to do this, but it's very misleading. You have to actually cancel your subscription and then subscribe to the Classic version. It is not clear how to purchase the Classic versions. MS is concealing the access, which is why I had to go thru MS Chat. I have the Family version that I share with four other people, and they all lost their ability to use the MS 365 apps. I had to painstakingly re-add them to my account and spend time with each on the phone coaching them how to get things working again.
I am really pissed! But then what do I expect from Microsoft. They are desperate to monetize their investments in AI.
I do have the Copilot app on my computer, but I think I have used it a total of two times.
Thanks for listening to my rant.
Pelaird
