Microsoft Australia has apologized to users of its M365 suite after regulators accused it of steering them towards pricey bundles that include its Copilot AI service.

As The Register reported in January, Microsoft contacted subscribers in six Asia-Pacific nations in an email to advise of imminent price rises for M365 bundles that include its Copilot AI service. The emails advised that users could avoid the price rise by signing up for a “Classic” version of M365, but no information about that package was available online.

Your correspondent, who has a personal account for M365, tried to find info about Classic mode by re-subscribing to the service. I saw dialog boxes reading, “I don’t want my subscription,” and “I want to keep my benefits”, but no info about a Classic version.

That’s a

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