If you bought a computer and Office came with it, you paid the vendor for it. You're wrong: Word and the rest of Office have never been ' completely free with all the previous Windows installments'. The government sucks enough money out of people's pockets these days, we don't need Microsoft doing it too. But I'm sorry, if I have to pay such a ridiculous amount of money just to type Word documents, then I'd rather downgradeīack to Windows 8. It would be one thing if you had to pay for some sort of premium Office subscription and programs like Word were still available for free. How much more money does Microsoft need from me?! My parents already paid about $2,000 to give meĪ laptop for college, and now you want more money just to use something as basic as Word?! This is like if Nintendo made you pay $10 a month in order to play games on the Switch, or Google charging you every month just to be able to use Chrome. I don't need a program that used to work offline to only be available online without forking over $70 a year for it. Types online, I have Google Docs for that. I tried signing in, but that didn't work, so since I don't have a product key, I'm left with having to pay at least $7 a month just to useĪn app that should already come free with the computer.Īm I the only one who's upset about this? Why am I being forced to pay for an application that's been completely free with all the previous Windows installments? I know you can use Word online, but what about when I'm offline? If I wanted a program that I click 'Reactivate', and I'm told that I can either buy Office 365, enter some sort of 'product key', or sign in. I went to use Microsoft Word on my computer only to see this screen:

Do i have to buy microsoft office