# Whats up with Microsoft Office?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whats-up-with-microsoft-office/639537>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [March 22, 2019, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whats-up-with-microsoft-office/639537 "2019-03-22T13:50:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Wayne](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/wayne/32/16501_2.png) [@Wayne](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Wayne)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2019, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whats-up-with-microsoft-office/639537/1 "2019-03-22T13:50:07Z")

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Why is Microsoft Office free to use on iOS but when you purchase a Microsoft Hardware, you have to pay a monthly fee to even open their Apps. On iOS these apps allow you to edit, view and try for free with no time limit.

What are they smoking?

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**Author:** ![TheCanadian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheCanadian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TheCanadian)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2019, 5:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whats-up-with-microsoft-office/639537/2 "2019-03-22T17:03:10Z")

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Apparently the iOS apps are only free on devices with a screen less than 10.1 inches. Microsoft has [Word Mobile](https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/p/word-mobile/9wzdncrfjb9s?activetab=pivot:overviewtab) in their store with a similar offer.

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**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2019, 2:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whats-up-with-microsoft-office/639537/3 "2019-03-23T02:50:02Z")

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Welcome to the cloud…based subscription models 😛