How to disable Microsoft365 payments for AI but continue paying for Windows.

I ran into this interesting "Toot" on Mastodon from @timixretroplays@digipres.club today, about Microsoft raising the subscription for Microsoft 365 with about 50% to recuperate some of the costs of their LLM/AI adventures.

There is a way to only pay for windows and not pay for the AI stuff, but it's hidden away under the "Turn off recurring billing" feature. 

I am not very active on Mastodon, but thanks to OpenVibe I am still able to follow Nostr, Mastodon, Bluesky and now Threads (but I don't use that). 

I am noticing the most of the interesting stuff that I find is either on Nostr or Mastodon. Bluesky seems to be more political, which I don't really care about.  I know this is a feature of who I follow and not just the platforms as a whole, but still…

Anyway, I hope this saves you all some money, as, no doubt, 2025 is going to be another expensive year.