Microsoft goes after... Microsoft in bizarre Office 365 vs. Office 2019 ads

While nowhere near as aggressive and prolific in the Apple-bashing advertising arena as Samsung, Microsoft has been known to occasionally promote its products by ridiculing the competition, sometimes hitting the mark and sometimes not.

But in its latest attempt to hype a flagship service, the Redmond-based software giant has chosen a new and wholly unexpected target for its not-so-subtle mockery. Believe it or not, Microsoft is going after... Microsoft in a trio of Office 365 commercials disguised as “challenges” meant to disparage... Office 2019.

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