On December 4, Microsoft announced a global price increase for Office 365. Pricing updates take effect July 1, 2026.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/licensing/news/2026-m365-packaging-pricing-updates

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c64z86@piefed.world · 55 pts · 69d (14 replies)

No better time to switch to LibreOffice, if you can!

terabyterex@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 69d (1 reply)

but to get everything ms 365 offers, you want to check out nextcloud.

dbtng@eviltoast.org · 3 pts · 69d

Yup. I pay about $6/month for Hetzner with my NextCloud. Love it.

QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 69d

I'm use LiberOffice! It's great! :D

heartSagan5@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 69d

It now offers “ribbons” in the UI, if you so choose, too.

tixooo@lemmy.zip · -1 pts · 69d (9 replies)
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muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 68d (8 replies)

MS office can save in ODF format. It’s fine

tixooo@lemmy.zip · 0 pts · 68d (7 replies)
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muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 68d (6 replies)

They literally can. They choose not to.

tixooo@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 68d (5 replies)
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muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 68d (4 replies)

Are you saying a business has never said “this needs to be a PDF” before?

Fuck off with that noise. If they don’t understand how to use “save as” they don’t deserve the contract.

tixooo@lemmy.zip · 0 pts · 68d
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numbermess@fedia.io · 30 pts · 69d (1 reply)

I will continue to globally not use Office 365 again for another year. Easy.

chris@l.roofo.cc · 9 pts · 69d

I now have to think about canceling my non existent subscription. What a headache.

switcheroo@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 69d

Imagine paying Microsoft to access your own files lol

scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech · 10 pts · 69d (4 replies)

A good reminder to make sure you cancelled that subscription

aim4harmony@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 66d (2 replies)

I have switched to LibreOffice and Linux this year. Getting off the subs was such a relief!

scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech · 2 pts · 66d (1 reply)

it's a learning curve, but it's well worth it, and much nicer on the wallet for sure.

Breathe the free air again

aim4harmony@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 65d

True. Thank you.

aim4harmony@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 66d
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umbraroze@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 67d (1 reply)

Yeah, I decided back then I would probably not renew my subscription this summer. And I didn't!

Funny thing, I thought I was more productive in MS Office because the user interface is more polished. But even when LibreOffice is at times janky, I'm actually far more productive in it, it turns out. Sure, my attention is always drawn on the tiny little things that trip me up, but if I look at the sheer amount of text and spreadsheets I can churn out, I'm doing much better on LO.

WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 67d

what makes you faster in LO?

sunbeam60@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 68d

Cancelled a little while ago and now moved to Euro-Office. Lame title, works really well.

And before people get at me: Especially Euro-office’s sheets are so much closer to a 1:1 replacement for Excel.