To each their own I bought a new laptop about a year ago and I paid for the MS Office family license for 6 machines, I’ve installed it on 3 machines so far with no issues
I’ve always had a thing about paying for the real product and staying away from bootleg copies, special deals, or EBay licenses, etc. I don’t want to deal with the likely issues that come up
To me looking around for some angle or deal is a waste of time, go with the real deal and don’t worry about it but if people want to do something different I don’t have an issue with it but it’s not for me