Originally Posted by
emr
Depends what subscription you are talking about, difficult to say if it is a reasonable cost without knowing as there are so many O365 subs available. You can get a 25 gig mailbox for €40 ($50) per year in Europe for example. Office proplus for €150/$110 per year. That gives you Office pro suite and I think online office and onedrive space, can;t remember exact specs? Pro costs about €450 now to buy outright I think so over three years you have spent the same but spread payments.
As for data stored in the cloud it is all relative, I wouldn't call it shitty, it depends on particular requirements. Some see it as a plus point.