[olug] Google changes to free

[Dan Linder]

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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  you must first invent the universe."
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    (Who can watch the watchmen?)
    -- from the Satires of Juvenal

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    -- Isaac Asimov (Author)
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