I edited my comment to add the /s to try and make it more clear but I think I made it less clear. Whoops. I think there are legitimate reasons they don’t give

I edited my comment to add the /s to try and make it more clear but I think I made it less clear. Whoops. I think there are legitimate reasons they don’t give it away for free, like some replies have mentioned. I was trying to draw attention to the fact that Office 2010 works just fine for most use cases, making this activation kerfuffle and Office 365 in general seem even more like a soulless cash-grab.