Since Microsoft is jacking up the price of their Office suite via Microsoft 365 by 50% starting February, I did a cost comparison between the annual 365 subscription version vs. the standalone Office for Mac 2024 product. I found that the standalone product will be much less than the yearly subscription past the two-year mark. Since MS seems to be adding functionality with dubious usefulness like Copilot to even the Mac version, I reasoned there's no need to keep doing the yearly subscription, and figured I'd bite the bullet with the standalone product.
First time in 13 years that I've bought a standalone Office product. Feels like a breath of fresh air, actually.