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Google requiring all ‘G Suite legacy free edition’ users to start paying

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Post by chaz6 »

bmarquez wrote: post #51

I'm a G Suite legacy user that is affected by this change, primarily using it for personal email. Extremely, extremely annoyed that Android app purchases will be lost. Since I also have Apple devices I'm considering moving over to iCloud+ since they now support 3 email boxes and 5 domain names per account: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212514 Other options I'm researching include Outlook Premium and Zohomail. Wil…

I am going to migrate to Migadu. I have already given them a try and they were perfect for my needs (multiple domains and mailboxes).

Re: Google requiring all ‘G Suite legacy free edition’ users to start paying

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Post by raspyberr »

AndrewDucker wrote: post #17

I created a free account many years ago for my family. We've all been using it ever since for everything. So I have a lot of purchases and history in there. All of my YouTube stuff, all of my Android purchases. Everything to do with Google. And now they're going to start charging me $70 per family member or delete all of their purchases for the last decade or so. To say I'm aghast is putting it mildly.

Putting everything into the hands of an enormous corporation and being surprised when they do things to benefit themselves. insert picture of shocked but not that shocked fry meme

Re: Google requiring all ‘G Suite legacy free edition’ users to start paying

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Post by Macha »

samueldr wrote: post #93

I figure all play store purchases and similar content are now taken hostage. Are there any ways to migrate those licenses to a "google account"? Or am I being forced to pay to keep using licenses I already paid for? Oh, and what about my YouTube channel?

This is my worry. Also device support, etc.

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Post by echelon »

signal11 wrote: post #76
mig39 wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yup, I'd pay $10 per month for my family. But I'm not paying $50 or $60 per month. The only difference over the free Google Workspaces is the domain name.

A more reasonable approach would’ve been to offer custom domains as part of Google One, whose pricing is far more family-friendly. Eg, Google One provides 100GB of storage (shareable with your family Google accounts) for £16/year. Just let those who want that to link it to custom domains — Apple (iCloud+) and MS (MS 365) already offer this.

Please do this Google.

This is what I'd imagine most of the people on Legacy Google Workspaces want.

Re: Google requiring all ‘G Suite legacy free edition’ users to start paying

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Post by fishtoaster »

Damn. I've been using the free version to host my personal email with a custom domain for, apparently, over a decade. I have no need for the rest of gsuite - I just want `myfirstname@mydomain.com`. Guess I have to decide if it's worth $72/year for that, or look into alternative email hosts.

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Post by dylan604 »

deweywsu wrote: post #85
yaacov wrote: post #81

> As of December 6, 2012, Google stopped offering the free edition to new customers. 10 years of a free product is not bad

Nothing against you, but a clarification here: this is a service, not a product.

For the free service, the user was the product.

Now, the service is the product. Only since it's Googs, the user will still be a product too. Googs needs to re-watch the Seinfeld episode on double dipping.

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Post by grzaks »

herodoturtle wrote: post #91

What are some (paid) alternatives to using G-Suite for emails? Context: We're a small but relatively old SaaS company. Been happily using G Suite's free tier since day 1 - only for email. This announcement is a tad disappointing, but as other commenters have said, 10 years of a free product is pretty great. We'll likely upgrade to Google's paid tier, but out of curiosity, since we're switching to a paid service, we m…

We have migrated 150+ accounts from GWorkspace to M365 last year. Better price, more features.

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Post by petemir »

herodoturtle wrote: post #91

What are some (paid) alternatives to using G-Suite for emails? Context: We're a small but relatively old SaaS company. Been happily using G Suite's free tier since day 1 - only for email. This announcement is a tad disappointing, but as other commenters have said, 10 years of a free product is pretty great. We'll likely upgrade to Google's paid tier, but out of curiosity, since we're switching to a paid service, we m…

I used zoho for a long time, free tier.
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