Tim 🎮Jan 10, 2025

Have you had that "Upcoming price change for your Microsoft 365 subscription" email yet? They want to charge you an extra 50%ish for AI features, and they do *not* make it easy to find the way to turn it off. It took me minutes of searching - this is a particularly evil dark pattern.

"Switch plan" just lets you pick between annual and monthly billing. You want "Turn off recurring billing" and then "Current subscription without AI".

You're welcome. Please boost for others.

Show threadTim 🎮Jan 10, 2025
I actually wouldn't be terribly surprised if there was some legal noise about this down the line - the more I think about this, the more this feels like it should be illegal in some way - but that's not my domain. Just help me help others figure this shit out before it costs them unnecessary money.
Show threadAndy Wootton
@timixretroplays I heard the EU is considering action against Microsoft's near monopoly in government systems. Trump's silly trade wars aren't going to help Microsoft.
Jan 10, 2025 at 8:44amWeb