When I buy standalone Office 2024 for one PC, it comes with a lifetime/perpetual license. But then Microsoft says that they're going to drop support for that product in 5 years. Do I understand that correctly?
In other words, when they call it a "lifetime" license, they don't mean *my* lifetime, they mean the product's lifetime. (Of course. Duh.) Which is defined as five years.
Technically, I can *run* the software forever, but Microsoft's gonna kill it by pulling all security support. So ... now I get it. Not complaining. Just being clear.
So *now* when I compare standalone vs 365 ... they're *both* subscriptions. $150 for 3 years using Home standalone. Or $300 for 3 years for Personal 365.
Right?
I usually use LibreOffice because it's free and Office licenses are typically very expensive. Also, I refuse to move to a subscription model for office apps.
But I saw this deal today: https://stacksocial.com/sales/microsoft-office-professional-plus-2021-for-windows
$49 for a lifetime license for the Office 2021 suite. What's the catch? It seems too good to be true.
I am NOT associated with Stacksocial or Microsoft. This is not an ad. I just want to know if this deal is legit.
All I want is a one time payment. I just want the apps. I don't want to deal with expensive subscriptions.
I don't care about updates, unlimited one drive storage or anything else.
All I want is the exact same experience from my MS XP Word, Excel and PP apps that were bought once and always available for use. No subscription!