You still habe the choice of purchasing Word and Excel separately, and always had. More importantly, installing Word doesn’t also automatically install Excel, and vice versa.
Microsoft wouldn’t have a problem if they provided a choice of Office with Teams and Office without Teams.
> You still habe the choice of purchasing Word and Excel separately, and always had.
By this logic I can buy Excel + Word + Powerpoint and avoid Teams. They offer each office product individually or all their office products as a subscription. Why would it be different if they also offered a special subscription that just excluded teams?
Microsoft wouldn’t have a problem if they provided a choice of Office with Teams and Office without Teams.