Subj : Re: Google Discontinues G Suite Legacy Free Edition Accounts
To   : Deon
From : Weatherman
Date : Sat Jan 29 2022 08:18:04


d> Well, over the years I have changed ISP's a couple of times - I know many
d> others who have as well. And with the NBN, changing ISP takes 10-15
d> minutes, so if you see a "better deal", it's easy to change.
d> 
d> I change Electricity and Gas proiders just as often, especially since it's
d> easy to see how much each charge, and how providers the "best" deal
d> changes often.

Me too, however what Google and other big tech companies do is tie all their services together into their ecosystem.  Cloud providers love to do this because it makes moving away much more of a pain in the ass.

Everything I have links to my custom domain email setup, all my google services, etc.  Most likely all will break unless I and LOTS of others pay they business rate ransom.  

I honestly thought they were one of the last big tech companies that still supported the small guy, open source projects, and were the anti-big tech company.  Now we have the big rug pull which is something you would see from Microsoft, IBM, or Oracle.  I still get kicks out of Oracle trying to charge for Java.  Like people really want to run that pile of crap application.  Most can't get away from it fast enough.

- Mark
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