Remember this post? This is where I lost my shit at Microsoft’s super dark pattern when it came to MS365 price increases.
Well, looks like the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission is suing them for this very thing.
The ACCC alleges that since 31 October 2024, Microsoft has told subscribers of Microsoft 365 Personal and Family plans with auto-renewal enabled that to maintain their subscription they must accept the integration of Copilot and pay higher prices for their plan, or, alternatively, cancel their subscription.
The ACCC alleges this information provided to subscribers was false or misleading because there was an undisclosed third option, the Microsoft 365 Personal or Family Classic plans, which allowed subscribers to retain the features of their existing plan, without Copilot, at the previous lower price.
Fucking sweet! I hope Microsoft loses this and other countries start doing the same thing.