Microsoft:
Office empowers everyone to achieve more on any device. And Office loves Mac. We’re committed to delivering the power and simplicity of Office in an experience designed specifically for Mac, and we continue to make significant investments in the platform. Today, we’re excited to announce that Office 365 is now available on the newly redesigned Mac App Store. With one click, Mac users can download the cloud-connected, always-up-to-date version of the Office suite—including full installs of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, and OneDrive.
“We are excited to welcome Microsoft Office 365 to the all new Mac App Store in macOS Mojave. Apple and Microsoft have worked together to bring great Office productivity to Mac users from the very beginning. Now, with Office 365 on the Mac App Store, it’s easier than ever to get the latest and best version of Office 365 for Mac, iPad, and iPhone.” Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing.
Frenemies working together to, hopefully, the benefit of their users.
I feel for those that still have to use this software suite.
The MAS version is a complete mess. First, you have to download everything individually–but that’s not made clear. Second, you’re being sold a family version, not a personal licesnse which costs $30+ less per year. But you won’t know that, because unless you click on an individual app, you will have no idea what it costs.
I blame MS’s silly-assed versioning of software to exploit every penny from its customers, and also Apple for the horribly implimented App Store. I just don’t understand why Apple deliberately makes such a simple thing so obscenely complicated for average users.