Microsoft Office Lands on the Mac App Store

The next time you open up a new Apple computer, go to the App Store to start downloading apps, and type in "Microsoft Office," you'll actually get something. From a report: Until now, anyone who wanted to use Microsoft Office and its popular Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote apps had to do so by going to Microsoft's website and downloading it all from there. Now, the are available on the Mac App Store as well, making it even easier for people to download and use.

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[b0s0z0ku]

The "App" is probably just a stub that downloads the real thing from Microsoft's servers.

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[Known Nutter]

Yeah... a 4.1 GB "stub" - for sure.

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[Anonymous Coward]

That's 4.1 GB of EULA with a massive I Agree button.

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[jellomizer]

Yea I want Office on the Debian APT repository.

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[b0s0z0ku]

You'd want a cloud-pushing piece of bloatware on your Linux device?

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[b0s0z0ku]

All the more reason to run the thing in a VM, its own nice little padded cell.

Cue all the folks saying...

[smithmc]

...that Microsoft is somehow evil for doing this, just because. Or that Apple is evil. Or that Microsoft and Apple are being co-operatively evil. Or something.

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[Aighearach]

Apple wouldn't even exist without being part of Microsoft's evil.

Bill saved Apple.

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Office 365 Only

[lazarus]

These App store "apps" require a 365 subscription. They are not the downloadable non-subscription versions that Microsoft made available recently. The in-app purchases seem to be for the 365 subscription.

Fuck MS

[speedlaw]

The last time I updated my Word suite (still the shittiest WP program out there) it updated me to 365 and nagged me for a CC #. Fuck you MS. I rolled back to a prior version and turned off updates. The only thing worse than being forced to use Word is to pay for it every month.....

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[omnichad]

They still sell perpetual licenses. You just did something wrong.

Pricing

[tmshort]

Interesting how the in-app pricing (Personal=$69.99, Home=$99.99) differs from the price on Microsoft's website (Personal=$59.99, Home=$79.99).

I didn't think Apple allowed that?

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[mferrare]

Microsoft need to pay the Apple Tax. Apple take 30% of all App Store revenue, including in-App purchases.

So the fact that MS puts Office on the App Store and is prepared to pay Apple $$$ is an event worth reporting.

Mac App Store?

[The123king]

Mac App Store? I vaguely remember something like that from a few years ago. IIRC it was full of cheap games and crappy apps. I just turned off gatekeeper and forgot about it. Did they bring it back or something?

Posted from my Macbook Pro running macOS 10.14 Mohave