what is the cost of a sub for local?
is it like $200 for 2019, and it will run as long as you want it, where as the rented one is $70 / year, but always updated, until you stop renting?
I guess you would save money by buying as rarely as you feel confortable with? if the local version lasts 3 years or more, you are making profit?
365 offers 1tb of online storage. Also because 365 is a rolling release, you always get the latest and greatest while the desktop version is just a snapshot of the 365 version. So based off of that, I would go for 365. Even tho it is $70 a year. I like the online storage, and always having the latest stuff.
I use Office 2019 at work and Office 365 at home/school.
As discussed above, Office 2019 is basically just a singular version of Office whereas Office 365 is a continuously updated version of Office for as long as you have a subscription. Office 2019 won’t have much of any updates other than security and bug fixes, Office 365 will have new and modified features added over time and cloud storage in addition to the security and bug fixes. In terms of functionality I’d say they are 99% the same, the biggest differences I see are in UI, which is still overwhelmingly similar between the two.
If you need/want the cloud storage Office 365 is the better choice. If you don’t need/want the cloud storage then just get whatever is cheapest over the planned course of use.
As a mobile phone user, I prefer office 365, on my old computer I still have MS office which shows Microsoft office error 30034-4 and it makes things rough for me.