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“Tricking” or “forcing”? I do not participate in the Microsoft ecosystem except only when needed. And every time I have to buy something on someone’s behalf, I
by jagged-chisel 11mo ago
“Tricking” or “forcing”?
I do not participate in the Microsoft ecosystem except only when needed. And every time I have to buy something on someone’s behalf, I can’t just buy or subscribe to The Thing, I have to get all of Office and cloud storage when all they need is an email box.
- jsheard 11mo agoThey forced all personal accounts to "upgrade" to more expensive AI plans, but the trick was that they presented the change as if it were a general price increase when the old plans actually still existed, albeit buried at the bottom of a chasm. The only way to revert back was to attempt to cancel your subscription at which point they'd relent and offer the non-AI plans again. Then Australia slapped Microsoft over the head and forced them to apologize: https://news.microsoft.com/source/asia/2025/11/06/an-apology-to-our-microsoft-365-subscribers-in-australia/ https://news.microsoft.com/source/asia/2025/11/06/an-apology...