Nicholas Toone

Oh, Fuck YOU, Microsoft

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I know I’ve said it a million times before but, fuck you, Microsoft. Fuck you, fuck you, FUCK YOU!

Now that we’ve moved a huge chunk of our lives away from Big Tech, I’m in the process of cancelling our Family MS365 account. One of the people who has a shared account still needs access to a subscription so I worked to set them up with a Personal account.

When you subscribe to a new MS365 account you have two options.

  1. Microsoft 365 Family: $145/year.
  2. Microsoft 365 Personal: $115/year

That’s it. So you choose one. In this case, Personal.

Apparently all accounts include Copilot bullshit but, whatever. Sure. Won’t use it and it sucks to have to pay for it but…

I discovered that if you then go into your account, right after paying1, and click Cancel Subscription, you are then given the option to change to a Microsoft 365 Personal Classic (basically normal account with no Copilot AI garbage) account that’s only $79/year BUT the $79 only happens when the subscription renews next year. There is no option to turn off AI and be refunded the $36.

So you’re stuck with Copilot with the AI garbage for a year. Then, next year, they will they charge you less and remove the garbage you don’t want2.

How the actual fuck is this type of shit allowed?

If an account without AI is offered as a reason to keep subscribers, then is should be an option from the start. Period. Full stop. The Microsoft Plans page should look like this:

  1. Microsoft 365 Family: $145/year
  2. Microsoft 365 Family Classic: $115/year.
  3. Microsoft 365 Personal: $115/year
  4. Microsoft 365 Personal Classic: $79/year

But no. Microsoft would rather force you to pay for Copilot so they can say brag about the number of people signing up for Copilot rather than allow people to choose because I’m pretty sure MS knows that most people would choose to pay a little less to not have some stupid AI garbage stinking up their apps.

If I ever had to remind anyone again why I’m moving away from Big Tech, this is a perfect example. All of these companies are fucking shady, horrible, terrible, grifting fucking monsters.

  1. I knew dropping to a Classic account was a thing if you tried to cancel, but thought it was only for anyone who has subscriptions before MS added Copilot and increased the price – so like, people who had accounts before January 2025. I’m honestly shocked that this is a hidden thing for brand new accounts. ↩︎
  2. Maybe. They could very well change this by this time next year. I’m usually not a betting man, but I got $36 that says I’ll get an email from Microsoft sometime in early 2026 saying they’re deprecating the Classic option and raising their subscription pricing. ↩︎

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