Annoying pricing policy

The software could be easily installed under Win 8 in parallel with Office 2010. There are some encouraging developments such. As the unfussy clear, unified design and the integration of cloud storage SkyDrive. Dealing with templates has been simplified, and the program runs on my old computer pretty fast.
Really annoying but is that the license only applies to a PC, while the Home and Student 2010 version was still loaded onto three PC. Thus, Microsoft has the price, depending on how many computers you use, at least doubled. The strategy is clear: the user should be forced to the subscription variant Office 365 (100 euros per year for use on up to 5 PC). If only there were an equivalent alternative!

Addendum: Today I received an email from Amazon with the following content:

'The manufacturer Microsoft has decided to make the license compatible with the next update so that you can transfer the said version of Office on a new PC, for example, the computer previously used for office applications is defective and your Office license thus on the faulty device is no longer available is'

If Microsoft hardware binding now removes, it must therefore have previously also applied to Germany. I suppose it is a reaction to massive customer protest or intervention by the EU competition authorities. Subsequently, an additional star deduction for Kundenunfreundlichkeit.