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

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

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Post by KallDrexx »

Macha wrote: post #255
KallDrexx wrote: post #232

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not just that I can't use them for email anymore. I wouldn't mind that. But now I'll lose access to any purchases on my phone, my Youtube purchases and history, I need to create a new account for my phone, etc....

Maybe it's just a relic of me holding out for the Google Plus migration so long but my youtube account is a "brand account" which is definitely a thing I can transfer to another google account (indeed there were a few youtubers who got famously scammed last summer into doing this). Maybe yours is set up similarly? Android apps will be a pain. I have apps that are no longer sold, or am grandfathered on a premium 1 tim…

> Maybe it's just a relic of me holding out for the Google Plus migration so long but my youtube account is a "brand account" which is definitely a thing I can transfer to another google account (indeed there were a few youtubers who got famously scammed last summer into doing this). Maybe yours is set up similarly?

Could be. I'd have to figure this out, thanks for the heads up.

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

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Post by javagram »

dylan604 wrote: post #176
mpettitt wrote: post #123

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, they like @gmail.com, but don't want people getting gmail for their own domains without paying.

If you pay, do they stop scanning all of your emails?

There are no ads in the paid edition of G Suite.

They actually stopped scanning emails for ads in free Gmail about 5 years though. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jun/26/google-wi...

Of course, both offerings still scan your email for spam filtering, as all major providers do.

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

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Post by zeagle »

I /wish/ I could migrate to a regular gmail account from me@mydomain.tld. I've put up with a crippled account for years that can't access arbitrary features or leave store reviews because of my play store purchase library. My email was moved to another host years ago for privacy reasons.

Do they not realize the downstream effect is they are removing the lock-in that kept has users like me from switching to iOS for all these years? When this keeps me buying a new pixel every other year there is a revenue impact even thought the account is 'free'.

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Post by g_p »

patja wrote: post #204
rjewell wrote: post #47

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I went through this last year. It was relatively smooth, but I did do a factory reset and spent a couple hours on the project just to be sure. I have been plagued by account problems for years, though, having signed up for services like YouTube with a personal email prior to creating the same email address in Google Workspace. I recommend avoiding it, and just using a free Gmail account for basic usage of Google docs…

Did you successfully go from having yourname@yourdomain.com as the primary Google account on your phone, with the account setup under Google Workspace, to an end state where you had a "new" Google account for the exact same email address with no connection to Google Workspace. I understand it's a given to lose the purchases. I'm semi-dreading the prospect of being presented with an error message preventing the creati…

Provided Google doesn't disable "too much" of these accounts, they ought to act like normal "Google accounts", which don't have Google-provided email service associated (i.e. a free Google account that was created with an external email address).

You might miss out on some things like Calendar/Gmail, but a free Google account using an external email should preserve things like purchases. Failing to do that would seem likely to push them down the path of lawsuits and PR fiascos, and also embolden what's likely a disproportionately tech-savvy (and influential in making purchasing decisions) audience fitting the demographic that set up a domain for email 10+ years ago.

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Post by the-iceman »

kevincox wrote: post #50
the-iceman wrote: post #20

Long-time user of "Google Apps for Your Domain".....what's the easiest way to migrate 10 family members to regular Gmail?

I don't think there is a good option here because I don't think you can use the same domain. You would need to switch to a service that can have multiple mailboxes on a domain.

I can handle setting up new email that still uses the domain. The issue is all the data/purchases/etc with the Google Apps account that can't be transferred to a regular Gmail account.

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Post by cecida »

tyingq wrote: post #132

Microsoft is probably happy about it. O365 for Family is $99/year total (not per-person), and allows up to 6 people, and you can use your own domain.

Some caveats. You won't be able to use your primary main_user@formerlyhostedbygoodle.com address as your login to the Office365 suite.

You'll have to manage each inbox separately (I had 4 email accounts in GSuite legacy).

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Post by KallDrexx »

Macha wrote: post #255
KallDrexx wrote: post #232

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not just that I can't use them for email anymore. I wouldn't mind that. But now I'll lose access to any purchases on my phone, my Youtube purchases and history, I need to create a new account for my phone, etc....

Maybe it's just a relic of me holding out for the Google Plus migration so long but my youtube account is a "brand account" which is definitely a thing I can transfer to another google account (indeed there were a few youtubers who got famously scammed last summer into doing this). Maybe yours is set up similarly? Android apps will be a pain. I have apps that are no longer sold, or am grandfathered on a premium 1 tim…

Looks like that may not be possible for people in my situation. From the youtube docs:

> You can move your channel and its videos over from one account to another. Note that if your account is a supervised account or a work or school account, you cannot move your channel.

So it depends if g suite is considered a "work or school" account or not.

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Post by mattl »

Aloha wrote: post #168
jfengel wrote: post #100

Huh. I thought that was what I had, but I haven't heard this directly from them. It's the first I've heard of it. I used a microscopic subset of the features. Aside from them hosting my email, I don't think I'm any different from other users. It's just me; I'm not really a business. I notice some differences, mostly in limitations: less storage, features of my Pixel phone that sometimes don't work with that account.…

Yeah, I' in the same boat you are. I dont know if I want to pay six bucks a year for that privilege, per account. I'm giving away emails on my domain too. Most of which are not used.

$6 a year, or $6 a month?
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