[olug] Google changes to free

[Ben Watson]

There are similar articles from other outlets.  I haven't done a deep
comparison as to what all is actually changing with regards to past
features and current "free" strategy.

https://venturebeat.com/2022/02/03/google-introduces-free-workspace-plan-in-response-to-criticism/

On Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 8:55 PM Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:

> I haven't heard this, but then Google hasn't reached out to me with much of
> an update on this either way.
>
> Do you have a link to the retraction?
>
> Dan
>
> On Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 7:56 PM Ben Watson <bwatson1979 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I thought Google walked this back due to outcry. Could be late to the
> game
> > though.
> >
> > On Sun, Feb 6, 2022, 6:59 AM Teale Sloterdijk <teale11 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > +1 on ProtonMail. I still have spammy stuff sent to gmail, but
> ProtonMail
> > > only divulges logs and doesn’t skim your emails looking for the next
> big
> > > thing to analyze in datacenters 5 times larger than a super walmart.
> > Also a
> > > cool feature is it doesn’t allow all the view trackers to know you
> viewed
> > > so there’s privacy there too.
> > >
> > > On Sat, Feb 5, 2022 at 11:12 Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Not sure who has heard about the plan, but Google is changing the
> terms
> > > of
> > > > the free G-Suite service this year:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/01/google-tells-free-g-suite-users-pay-up-or-lose-your-account/
> > > >
> > > > I signed up for it near the beginning - it's how I host the
> Linder.org
> > > > email and use GMail for the actual mail processing.
> > > >
> > > > Over the years I've set up a handful of emails on this for my wife,
> > kids,
> > > > and parents, and only used the Google docs/spreadsheet/etc. lightly.
> > If
> > > > nothing happens with the change, I'll now have a $42/month bill for
> > their
> > > > services - it's not "break the bank" level, but still, $500/year is
> > > pretty
> > > > hard to get past the family financial controller (e.g. wife).
> > > >
> > > > We're an Android family, and all of our devices are registered with
> > our @
> > > > linder.org email.  They haven't said what happens to our devices and
> > > > purchases if we let the @linder.org link with Google expire.
> > > >
> > > > So I have two comments for the greater OLUG group:
> > > > 1: If you're concerned, please take some time to fill out their
> survey
> > > > about this:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeY9yv4WGCHvOiJN4tgt3SdsunaVBoT_6rN8un9Q4_lzBKGeA/viewform
> > > > *(It's only one question, so reading an "it'll take you X minutes"
> > > comment
> > > > takes longer than filling it out...)*
> > > >
> > > > 2: I've been looking a bit at other email providers (Microsoft O365,
> > > > ProtonMail, etc).  Transferring might be a pain, but I'm willing to
> > > change
> > > > to another hosted provider if I'm being forced to by Google anyway.
> > And
> > > > there are enough options available now (vs 15 years ago) that I can
> be
> > a
> > > > bit more selective.  Does anyone have any suggestions on where they
> > might
> > > > have a domain hosted that has a decent email web experience (mail
> > > filters,
> > > > good spam filtering, etc)?
> > > >
> > > > Thoughts?
> > > > Dan
> > > >
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