You don’t want Microsoft Office. You need it. It’s $16.97.
THE SO WHAT
A $16.97 “lifetime” Office 2019 license undercuts Microsoft 365 and shows how aggressively gray-market keys arbitrage SaaS subscriptions. If you rely on seat-based licensing for margin, assume some portion of your user base is already routing around you and price/feature accordingly.
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