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by scarface74 2137 days ago
Microsoft Office use to be $600 and only businesses paid for it. Everyone else either pirated it or use a consumer “Works” product. At $99/year for 6 users, it works across all of your devices and gives each user 1TB of storage. Many consumers use it and pay for it now.

The Adobe Photoshop bundle gained more mainstream buyers when they went subscription.

As far as Zoom, I agree. To a close approximation, every adult has FB in the US so Messenger has been the go to app for friends and family. Besides your contacts are already there.