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

Post by daveloyall » Thu, Jan 20, 2022, 5:00 PM UTC

    Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 19:31:46 -0700
    From: hosted-noreply@google.com
    To: ____@gmail.com
    Subject: Gmail for ____.net beta tester invitation
    
    Welcome to our beta test!
    
    
    Thanks for helping us test Gmail for your domain!  We're excited
    to help you offer Gmail accounts with your domain.
    
    Here's how to get started:
    
        * First, click the link below. Log in with the same Google
          Account you used to volunteer to become a beta tester.
    
    https://www.google.com/hosted/____.net
    
        * Next, we'll guide you through a series of steps to register
          your domain for this service.
        
        * We'll then ask you to create a new administrative account
          for your domain. Most people choose something like
          admin@____.net.
        
        * You can then log in to the control panel (
          https://www.google.com/hosted/____.net ) with your
          administrative account. Within the control panel, you can
          create new users, modify or suspend accounts, create aliases
          and lists, and customize the look and feel of Gmail for
          ____.net. You can even upload whole lists of new
          users with the bulk upload feature, and assign
          administrative rights to multiple accounts.
        
        * Finally, you'll need to configure your DNS MX records to
          work with Gmail.  Once you log in to the control panel,
          you'll see detailed instructions on how to complete this
          step. If you get stuck, you can access our help center.
    
    Thanks again for helping us out,
    
    The Gmail Team
    

Post by someguydave » Thu, Jan 20, 2022, 5:27 PM UTC

_vertigo wrote: post #437

someguydave wrote: post #316

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I guess Google feels it has enough of a monopoly they can afford to piss off any finite number of people (even very early peer-to-peer evangelists of their product) and write it off as business as usual.

I mean, how many people _really_ are using this feature? And what added benefit do they provide to Google for being "early evangelists". Not defending Google, just a little surprised people think that being an early adopter would matter to a company as large as _Google_.

Post by notyourwork » Thu, Jan 20, 2022, 5:44 PM UTC

GeekyBear wrote: post #433

notyourwork wrote: post #333

Earlier quoted context omitted.

100% this... there is a product definition and the free bring your own domain model is not part of the free product definition any more. I'm having trouble understanding how technically literate people are grumpy about this. It was only a matter of time. Google is a business, not your friend and you should treat interaction with them in this lens. It's not 2002 when Google was the cool hip thing to use and they seeme…

> 100% this... there is a product definition and the free bring your own domain model is not part of the free product definition any more. I'm having trouble understanding how technically literate people are grumpy about this. People often react badly to bait and switch tactics. The solution is to offer people a way to revert to a free personal account without losing access to their files, data, and digital goods the…

Post by Znuff » Thu, Jan 20, 2022, 5:47 PM UTC

angus-prune wrote: post #408

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.

I've posted this comment a few times in these threads. I'm in a same boat and did some digging with support and through the docs. When you cancel workspace, the accounts remain active but lose access to just the workspace features (gmail, drive, docs, calendar etc). The accounts will remain the same for things like google play, youtube etc and you won't lose access to any purchases. The biggest impact I can see, othe…

Post by Znuff » Thu, Jan 20, 2022, 5:50 PM UTC

patja wrote: post #18

I've been meaning to migrate but am more than a little leery of the potential for gotchas and disruption. Any advice from those who have gone through this already? I understand you just lose all your Google Play purchases and need to re-purchase any apps or subscriptions you want to keep. I'm assuming this will basically require an Android phone factory reset and to be setup fresh with a "new" Google account for the…