Subj : Google Discontinues G Suite Legacy Free Edition Accounts
To   : All
From : Warpslide
Date : Fri Jan 28 2022 10:38:13

Well, it was good while it lasted!

I received an email from Google yesterday that my grandfathered free G Suite account will be discontinued as of July 1, 2022.

I've been on this service for what seems like forever.  It was originally released as a free service in August of 2006, marketed as "Google Apps for Your Domain".  Google then discontinued their free offering in 2012, but for those of us who had a free account we were grandfathered in.

If I want to continue with the service I'll need to enter billing information by May 1st, the email also states they'll offer a discount for 12 months "to support you in this transition".

Looks like their cheapest option is CA$7.80 /user /month while Fastmail has pricing for US$50 /user /year (US$4.17 /mo, ~CA$5.32 /mo).  Not sure what Google's 12 month discount will bring that down to.

Who do you use for email for your own domain?


Jay

.... Whatever it is, it won't work.

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