why buy office for $400 when Google docs is free and just as good

Why are there updates to an office suite every few years? I don't get it, whats so different about a word processor and a spreadsheet editor that they need to be rereleased under a new name and repurchased?

>>57521277

I need Excel and Access for work and sometimes like to work on my home computer

>just as good

Not really, also I got Office for free

>>57521304
Because they want you to keep rebuying it.

>>57521342
But why would you?

>>57521304
Are you too dumb to know how to read the fucking release notes of a product?

>>57521356
It doesn't interest me THAT much

>>57521351
Because the number on the program doesn't match the current year.

>>57521369
It interests you enough to write a post but not enough to read an answer?

>>57521277
That's a great anime

>>57521520
What anime?

>>57521542
Boku no Pico

>>57521514
>VERBATIM
policy debater detected

>>57521277
>Google docs is just as good

It really isn't. Though it does have better collaborative tools. LibreOffice is what you're looking for if you need a local client.

>>57521304
>whats so different about a word processor and a spreadsheet editor that they need to be rereleased under a new name and repurchased?

Nothing. It's like how Autodesk released annual AutoCAD versions, and triennial file format updates to try to force upgrades. They're greedy fucks and the software hasn't changed appreciably in over a decade. But they still want four grand a year for an upgrade.

There's a decent argument I've seen made that Word 6 was the best release. All the features necessary before they started adding in a ton of useless garbage and forced integration between the various Office products.

>>57521926
>It really isn't
Google docs shill here.
How is it not?

There's not exactly a lot of room for innovation for fucking word documents, and Google docs pretty much has you covered on just about everything you might want.