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I wouldn't exactly call office 365 that expensive. It's $100/4yrs for students (university) and $100/yr for 5 users. That's hardly expensive. (Sure if you live

by cobalt 13y ago

I wouldn't exactly call office 365 that expensive. It's $100/4yrs for students (university) and $100/yr for 5 users. That's hardly expensive. (Sure if you live alone it's more expensive, but you could probably just pair up with friends/family to split the cost)

nobodyshere 13y ago
But if I'm alone using it, that's not 5 users. That will be $100/yr for 1 user. And that appears to be expensive in general. A cracked version will come with editing capabilities, make no mistake. I'd gladly once pay a fair amount of money for a version with edit and without subscription.
- webjprgm 13y ago
  A cracked version of an iOS app? You must be jailbroken. Most users are not.
  - nobodyshere 13y ago
    Or just a re-signed ipa file if you have a developer account. I guess there are such solutions out there.
- pionar 13y ago
  It probably does not save on the device, besides in some sort of caching mechanism.
alistairSH 13y ago
$100/year for subscription. OR $139 one-time for Office Home. Sure sounds expensive to me. I'll stick to the Apple office suite for now.
- Locke1689 13y ago
  Sounds more expensive to me if I had to include Mac version + Windows version + iPad version + iPhone version. Subscription just bundles everything together.
RyanZAG 13y ago
It's expensive because it has competition that is charging less. The actual price doesn't matter that much given consumers are free to choose alternatives. That said, $100/yr is extremely expensive in most countries in the world.
- lttlrck 13y ago
  Things are "expensive" because they cost a lot of money, not that because there are cheaper alternatives.
  - oneeyedpigeon 13y ago
    Try telling that to the app market.
tkmcc 13y ago
It's actually cheaper than that for students - only $80 for a 4 year subscription: http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/productID.275549300 http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/productI...

by cobalt 13y ago

nobodyshere 13y ago

But if I'm alone using it, that's not 5 users. That will be $100/yr for 1 user. And that appears to be expensive in general. A cracked version will come with editing capabilities, make no mistake. I'd gladly once pay a fair amount of money for a version with edit and without subscription.

webjprgm 13y ago
A cracked version of an iOS app? You must be jailbroken. Most users are not.
- nobodyshere 13y ago
  Or just a re-signed ipa file if you have a developer account. I guess there are such solutions out there.
pionar 13y ago
It probably does not save on the device, besides in some sort of caching mechanism.

alistairSH 13y ago

$100/year for subscription. OR $139 one-time for Office Home. Sure sounds expensive to me. I'll stick to the Apple office suite for now.

Locke1689 13y ago
Sounds more expensive to me if I had to include Mac version + Windows version + iPad version + iPhone version. Subscription just bundles everything together.

RyanZAG 13y ago

It's expensive because it has competition that is charging less. The actual price doesn't matter that much given consumers are free to choose alternatives. That said, $100/yr is extremely expensive in most countries in the world.

lttlrck 13y ago
Things are "expensive" because they cost a lot of money, not that because there are cheaper alternatives.
- oneeyedpigeon 13y ago
  Try telling that to the app market.

tkmcc 13y ago

It's actually cheaper than that for students - only $80 for a 4 year subscription: http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/productID.275549300 http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/productI...