Well, I wouldn't go that far. If you run your business on Google Services, you definitely need to have a contingency plan for what you're going to do the day t

Well, I wouldn't go that far. If you run your business on Google Services, you definitely need to have a contingency plan for what you're going to do the day that Google decides to arbitrarily cut you off, though. But in some instances it might be financially worthwhile to take advantage of their services (particularly their free or very cheap ones) as long as you have a plan for standing up something else when that happens. For instance, I'm pretty comfortable using Gmail, even though I know they might someday pull the plug on my account for no particular reason. I'm comfortable doing that because all my mail is backed-up elsewhere, and in a pinch I could restore everything or stand up a new mailserver in a day. It would be obnoxious, sure, but it's not exactly breaking new technical ground or anything. The years of free service I've gotten out of them make that risk manageable. I could easily see a company taking that bargain for various other services. The problem becomes when you simply rely on a 3rd-party's infrastructure as if it was your own.