Pay $16.97 once for Microsoft Office 2019 Pro Plus and never renew again
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Rock-bottom “lifetime” licenses for old Office versions show how much headroom incumbents have baked into SaaS pricing—and how willing gray-market resellers are to arbitrage it. If you sell subscription software, assume some segment of your users is actively hunting one-time alternatives.
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