[duxup]

I get why they bundle in the AI update and blame the cost on that ... but it would almost be interesting to see that if it was up front people would chose it if it was more transparent.

Less money overall maybe, but also tell you if people want it / see the value...

[stephen_g]

I think they tried that, but not enough people care enough about it to pay the higher price, and Microsoft needs to justify the amount of cash they’ve poured into generative AI. Hence why they’re raising prices to make everybody pay for it even if most users don’t want the features and don’t use them…