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I get what you mean, but people still made a living selling software without monthly subscriptions before. If I had to use Office more, I'd pay the monthly pric

I get what you mean, but people still made a living selling software without monthly subscriptions before. If I had to use Office more, I'd pay the monthly price, but not for 2 hours a year. It being continuously developed still doesn't justify the price. I can afford it, but if I had to pay £7.99 x 6 = £47.94 for every hour of productivity I extract from a piece of software, I'd go bankrupt very quickly. That's why I called subscription plans stupid: it's unreasonably expensive for the amateur (like me) slice of the market. And being such a small time user, I don't care about the super new features of Office $CURRENT_YEAR. If I could buy Office for Linux 2020 for 100 pounds, I would, and it would be enough for me for the next decade, unless I'll move out of software engineering and go work as a lawyer or something.

danans 6y ago
> I can afford it, but if I had to pay £7.99 x 6 = £47.94 for every hour of productivity I extract from a piece of software Why would you pay for 6 months of subscription for every hour you use it? If it's just an hour of use, you just pay for 1 month, so 7.99. Is there a 6 month minimum? > If I could buy Office for Linux 2020 for 100 pounds, I would, and it would be enough for me for the next decade, I get that that would be a great deal for you, but why would MS want to support your £100 Office for Linux purchase with security and feature updates for 10 years? Why even develop and release that product? It's not like they lack for people who will pay their Office 365 subscription fee. It would make as little sense for them to do that as it would for you to sign up for that subscription.