Totally agree!
... and of course the response will be increasing "interest rates", "cost of living", etc.
A 29% price increase is totally unjustified! Cost of living has not increased that much in the last years.
They have us trapped, now gouging for all they can. Wonder if this is a case to take to the ACCC?
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Excessive price increase
Why am I being charged $129.99 for my office 365 family subscription?
Prices for Microsoft 365 Family are going up this year, from $109 to $149, a whopping 37% increase.
If you log into your Microsoft account and click "Cancel subscription" on the next page you have an option to switch your current subscription to Microsoft 365 Family Classic, labeled as "Lower cost without AI".
Great! I didn't want copilot embedded in everything anyway, and don't want to have a image slopifier.
There's also a button get two free months extension.
Totally agree!
... and of course the response will be increasing "interest rates", "cost of living", etc.
A 29% price increase is totally unjustified! Cost of living has not increased that much in the last years.
They have us trapped, now gouging for all they can. Wonder if this is a case to take to the ACCC?
There's an ACCC action just waiting to happen here.
A 29% increase on a subscription service that has high encumbrance to change. That's a definite misuse of market power.
https://www.accc.gov.au/business/competition-and-exemptions/misuse-of-market-power
Hi Steve,
Thank you for using Microsoft products and making community posts.
The reason for that is because there was a new product added to the subscription which is the copilot for Microsoft 365 Family and Personal plan,
The updated prices for Microsoft 365 subscriptions are as follows:
- Microsoft 365 Family: $129.99/year or $12.99/month.
- Microsoft 365 Personal: $99.99/year or $9.99/month.
These plans include features like AI-powered tools (e.g., Copilot), 1 TB of OneDrive storage per user, and access to apps like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Do let me know if you require any further help on this.
Chan G
Microsoft Community Moderator
A Family sub was never $69
There was an across the board price increase mid jan for o365 retail versions
Hi BKSlone,
Welcome to Microsoft Community.
As you have learned in another thread. The reason for the subscription price increase is that the product team has added Copilot to all Office applications starting from January 16, 2025. As a cost for unlimited use of AI, Microsoft has raised the subscription price.
However, if you do not need this feature, you can downgrade your subscription to Microsoft 365 Classic subcription, which will reduce the subscription price by $30. Correspondingly, your monthly quota for using Copilot to assist in creating documents will be limited. For more information about the Microsoft 365 Classic subscription and how to cancel your subscription for a refund, please refer to: Switching to Microsoft 365 Personal and Family Classic Plans - Microsoft Support
I hope my explanation helps you understand the reason for your subscription price increase. Although the decision to raise prices was not made by me, I completely understand how you feel. Copilot can indeed be disabled, but this falls outside the scope of the discussion on the subscription price increase thread. I will address your other thread about disabling Copilot later.
If you have any further questions or want to share more context about the subscription price increase, please let me know in your reply!
Best Regards,
Thomas C - MSFT | Microsoft Community Support Specialist
Thomas - I couldn't find on Microsoft's site what the subscription fee is for Microsoft 365 Family Classic in my region (USA-Kentucky), can you provide? One thing I did see was that Microsoft 365 Family Classic is available for "a limited time"... what does that mean? Also, I'm currently sharing my Microsoft 365 Family with other family users with me being the primary account holder. If I downgrade to Microsoft 365 Family Classic, how does that effect my other family users? Is the downgrade automatically applied to them or is there something additional that they have to do? Would the "downgraded" software have to be downloaded and installed on all of our machines?
Thanks - BKSlone
Totally agree!
... and of course the response will be increasing "interest rates", "cost of living", etc.
A 29% price increase is totally unjustified! Cost of living has not increased that much in the last years.
They have us trapped, now gouging for all they can. Wonder if this is a case to take to the ACCC?
There's an ACCC action just waiting to happen here.
A 29% increase on a subscription service that has high encumbrance to change. That's a definite misuse of market power.
https://www.accc.gov.au/business/competition-and-exemptions/misuse-of-market-power
Hi BKSlone,
Welcome to Microsoft Community.
As you have learned in another thread. The reason for the subscription price increase is that the product team has added Copilot to all Office applications starting from January 16, 2025. As a cost for unlimited use of AI, Microsoft has raised the subscription price.
However, if you do not need this feature, you can downgrade your subscription to Microsoft 365 Classic subcription, which will reduce the subscription price by $30. Correspondingly, your monthly quota for using Copilot to assist in creating documents will be limited. For more information about the Microsoft 365 Classic subscription and how to cancel your subscription for a refund, please refer to: Switching to Microsoft 365 Personal and Family Classic Plans - Microsoft Support
I hope my explanation helps you understand the reason for your subscription price increase. Although the decision to raise prices was not made by me, I completely understand how you feel. Copilot can indeed be disabled, but this falls outside the scope of the discussion on the subscription price increase thread. I will address your other thread about disabling Copilot later.
If you have any further questions or want to share more context about the subscription price increase, please let me know in your reply!
Best Regards,
Thomas C - MSFT | Microsoft Community Support Specialist
Thomas - I couldn't find on Microsoft's site what the subscription fee is for Microsoft 365 Family Classic in my region (USA-Kentucky), can you provide? One thing I did see was that Microsoft 365 Family Classic is available for "a limited time"... what does that mean? Also, I'm currently sharing my Microsoft 365 Family with other family users with me being the primary account holder. If I downgrade to Microsoft 365 Family Classic, how does that effect my other family users? Is the downgrade automatically applied to them or is there something additional that they have to do? Would the "downgraded" software have to be downloaded and installed on all of our machines?
Thanks - BKSlone