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

Whether Google Workspace costs $6 per user/mo. of 6¢ per user/mo., that really isn't the point. When Google Apps started, to attract users and gain insight for product development, Google offered free service to anyone who was interested.

A lot of us have friends and family in our Google Workspace. We have years worth of email with Google, and now Google is saying, "Too bad. We want money. We know it will be really, really difficult for you to migrate all of your email and the email of your friends and family members to a new provider. They all use the email address you created for them to login to their bank, Amazon, social networks, etc. They'll never be able to change all their logins everywhere. They don't keep track. Most of your relatives don't know where they even have logins. So, we've got you. Pay us. Pay us for yourself. Pay us for everyone you know. You can call it extortion. It is! But we just showed you a disclaimer that lets us do this to you without consequence. Anything that's legal is morally right. We can do whatever we want to you. How does it feel to be powerless? Thanks for the money, sucker. Love, Google. :-)"

The freemium marketing method attracted enough paying customers to add billions to Google's bottom line. Pulling the freemium accounts now removes trust from the fremium marketing method for everyone, every company.

This is a shortsighted move by Google. While I understand wanting to charge businesses using G Suite, many of us are individuals wanting to provide family-domain email addresses and nothing more. Please reconsider an option for individuals and families who don't need or want the full suite. Just an email management option would be sufficient. Otherwise, I may have to leave the google platform altogether.

I'm using the legacy free edition since 2010 for personal/family propose. When I signed it I don't remember any legal note that Google can close my accounts and send me to the hell. It's a really nightmare!