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1. red_admiral · 1790352178 · focus · HN ↗

   > Companies were paying for more than 30 million Copilot subscriptions as of the end of June. And while individual users are free to use limited versions of Copilot’s chat experience, its most powerful tools are reserved for subscribers to the company’s M365 apps bundle, which has about 90 million paying users.

   It needs to be more widely known that if you cancel a (home) 365 subscription, you'll be offered a cheaper version without AI integration.

   1. pfortuny · 1790355737 · focus · HN ↗

      Sorry what? Honest question.

      1. doubled112 · 1790357806 · focus · HN ↗

         Microsoft allows you to subscribe to Microsoft 365 personal or family without AI for a small discount, but they hid the option on a page you can only get to if you click cancel on your subscription.

         1. nsbdhciebsbdhc · 1790399525 · focus · HN ↗

            Iirc Microsoft increased the pricing on existing subscriptions on next renewal citing AI as the reason for the increase, they then added a no AI version at the original price, effectively opting all users into the 'upgrade' rather than requiring them to explicitly upgrade their licence.

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