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Comment on LibreOffice downloads on the rise as users look to avoid subscription costs | The free open-source Microsoft Office alternative is being downloaded by nearly 1 million users a week

RedFrank24@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

The funny thing is you can still buy Office standalone but you have to actively go looking for it and Microsoft doesn’t advertise it because 365 subscriptions make more money.

Microsoft actively doesn’t want you buying standalone versions of software, but they still have to sell it because there’s still a market for it.

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Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
The way the write “best value” on the offer for 8.50 £/month is just brazen.

If you use Office Home 2024 for 120£ for just 15 months or more it’s already cheaper.

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Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
And if you monitor Slickdeals, you can often get a copy for under $40.

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GamingChairModel@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
What’s annoying, too, is that a lot of the methods that have traditionally been used for discounts (education, nonprofit, employer-based discounts) are now only applicable to the subscriptions. So if you do want to get a standalone copy and would ordinarily qualify for a discount, you can’t apply that discount to that license.

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