[minnesota_bound]

You can buy Office 2021 or 2019 for under $35
One time payment. Not much changes in Office. Why rent?

[mbj]

+1

With the 365 version, I think there are enticements in the corporate setting around “collaboration”, Microsoft Teams (chat/video conferencing), OneDrive (file sharing), and Copilot (ChatGPT AI).

See also “Microsoft Delve”, etc...