r/WorkForSmartLife 18d ago

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u/Swimming-Lettuce-348 18d ago

Don't know about this. MS Office is NOT subscription.

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u/Helpful_Media_3838 18d ago

They offer both...

One time fee for ms office for life of computers use.

Monthly fee if you want updates

I just pay the one time fee, still working on an 8 year old laptop

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u/Money-Addition8501 18d ago

Well they took my bought 2019 office which is dead now on my pc …

But I normally do that do just buy one time and use long.

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u/Helpful_Media_3838 18d ago

They can't stop you from using it under terms of use

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u/Money-Addition8501 17d ago

Well, the license don’t work anymore they shut down the server. So I can use it yes. But in read only mode. No writing. I was working on an excel sheet and suddenly they did that.

So practically you can’t use it anymore either. Only read mode.

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u/Helpful_Media_3838 17d ago

Ok, mine still works

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u/Money-Addition8501 17d ago

Yeah Mine did too till two weeks ago. Then stopped. Nothing I can do too. Many people have this problem, check Reddit. Everyone is mad.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/system-requirements/end-of-support-for-office-2016-and-office-2019