It happened because "they already paid for it" (because of paying for office 356) and because it was "already installed" (kinda).
Also it's one vendor less (some companies care about that a lot).
But IMHO the whole office suite pricing is pretty absurd and unlikely to be based on proper working fair marked, likely even if you remove teams from it.
Being "free" wouldn't have had this effects.
It happened because "they already paid for it" (because of paying for office 356) and because it was "already installed" (kinda).
Also it's one vendor less (some companies care about that a lot).
But IMHO the whole office suite pricing is pretty absurd and unlikely to be based on proper working fair marked, likely even if you remove teams from it.