[HN Gopher] Google relents: Legacy G Suite users will be able to...
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Google relents: Legacy G Suite users will be able to migrate to
free accounts
Author : Shank
Score : 47 points
Date : 2022-01-27 19:12 UTC (3 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (arstechnica.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (arstechnica.com)
| throw_away wrote:
| Does this mean I could use something like the Cloudflare email
| routing beta
|
| https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-routing/
|
| & use my old custom domain like before + have a catchall on that
| domain, while also maintaining my existing mail archive & google
| purchases?
| hammyhavoc wrote:
| Yes.
| adamrmcd wrote:
| > Naturally, this move led to a huge outcry outside (and
| apparently inside) Google, and now, the company seems to be
| backing down from most of the harsher terms of the initial
| announcement. [..] > the company is surprised by how many people
| this change affected.
|
| I would expect that this system is too complicated to simply run
| `select count(*) from users where status = 'legacy'` but I'm
| certain they knew exactly how many free-loading "businesses"
| would be affected.
|
| Too late for me, already started my migration to Fastmail.
|
| The article does address paid content, which is good, but my
| larger concern is still with my Cloud Identity. I've used my
| custom domain under Google as authentication on hundreds of
| third-party sites.
|
| If i use this migration tool and move to @gmail.com, will third-
| party sites still recognize and honour my custom domain Google
| login credentials?
| mattl wrote:
| > If i use this migration tool and move to @gmail.com, will
| third-party sites still recognize and honour my custom domain
| Google login credentials?
|
| I'd imagine so, as you can already have a Google account
| without a Gmail address on your own domain name.
| gvb wrote:
| > I'd imagine so, as you can already have a Google account
| without a Gmail address on your own domain name.
|
| From the google "upgrade" page[1]
|
| "This new option won't include premium features like custom
| email"
|
| so, no, having a google account without a gmail address will
| no longer work unless you switch to google workspace (paid).
|
| Logins using <name>@<custom-domain>.com will still work, but
| if you need a password reset using email (very common), it
| will fail unless you set your email up again with a different
| email provider (e.g. fastmail).
|
| [1] https://support.google.com/a/answer/60217#data&zippy=%2Ci
| f-i...
| dudus wrote:
| You can add your custom domain as an alias on your free
| Gmail account. That is my setup. Works perfectly.
| comeonppl wrote:
| Which is _absolutely_ not even remotely close to being
| the same as your custom domain being a Google OAuth
| provider. The question stands - hard to imagine how it
| won 't require action on users' parts.
|
| And even in the context of this thread, having a sending
| alias doesn't magically make you able to check mail on a
| domain you don't control... having a forward alias means
| nothing in this context.
|
| Examples:
|
| * If anyone were using a paid Tailscale plan with a free
| GSuite account, they're probably just hosed. I have no
| idea how they're going to migrate short of Tailscale
| extending their auth mechanisms.
|
| * Anyone "logging in" with a custom domain email might
| need to click a link to finish logging in. Unless your
| GSuite admin migrates mail services manually, you're not
| getting that email.
| anotherman554 wrote:
| Are you paying for email hosting on the custom domain and
| forwarding the received emails to Gmail?
|
| If so that doesn't really solve the problem of the
| product no longer being free anymore, you now have to pay
| for email hosting...
| jonp888 wrote:
| Google is entitled to stop offering a specific feature if
| they want.
|
| The problem was that they did not offer any migration
| strategy for accounts that hat been created under the
| free GSuite offer - it was either pay up, or have the
| account and all associated ata be deleted across all
| Google services.
| [deleted]
| zeagle wrote:
| Kudos to them for listening to users.
| edsimpson wrote:
| If there are other Simple Login / free G Suite users, please
| upvote the github issue below. With Google providing a way to
| migrate from G Suite to a normal Gmail account, SL is considering
| adding SMTP access which would allow us to migrate an unlimited
| amount of user / domains over. This would provide a cheap way to
| forward / respond from our domain addresses while using a free
| Gmail address. https://github.com/simple-
| login/app/discussions/679
| ChrisArchitect wrote:
| Migration down or even laterally to another Suite domain account
| is _very_ interesting if they manage to include everything in the
| accounts. It was a huge nightmarish omission in the previous
| annoucement.
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