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This was announced a year ago [0], not with just a couple of months of notice like the tweets claim. The announcement also included the rationale. [0] https://
by jsnell 5y ago
This was announced a year ago [0], not with just a couple of months of notice like the tweets claim. The announcement also included the rationale.
[0] https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/education/google-workspace-for-education/ https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/education/google-wo..., the "new storage policy" section.
- IncRnd 5y agoThe obvious rationale, not wanting to really give unlimited storage, is exactly what their storage policy section said. This is simply a sales tactic that people keep falling for over and over, as if there is really something for nothing forever.
- mort96 5y agoMakes one wonder why it's even legal for companies to just... lie in their marketing. Why aren't they getting sued? For that matter, why aren't cell companies getting sued for "unlimited" data with data caps? Why aren't there laws requiring advertising to be truthful?
- ThunderSizzle 5y agoBecause of the asterisk. Buy a new phone and get unlimited data* * Speeds may be throttled after a certain about of data usage Technically still unlimited.
- IncRnd 5y ago> Technically still unlimited. If there is a cap of 1 byte per hour, there is absolutely a limit of 720 bytes per 30 day month. Whenever there is a cap, it is not "technically unlimited".
- ThunderSizzle 5y agoWith that logic, everything is capped by the network speed. And that's why there's typically a 2nd asterisk about speeds dependent on network conditions. Still legally advertised as unlimited, thanks to the fine print.
- commoner 5y agoThe BBB's National Advertising Review Board in the U.S. told Mint Mobile to stop using the word "unlimited" to describe its plan that included 35 GB of data and unlimited throttled data (at 2G speeds). (The plan is still not a bad deal.) https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/21/22848536/mint-mobile-prepaid-unlimited-ad https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/21/22848536/mint-mobile-pre... Deprioritized data is still allowed to be advertised as "unlimited" if it is not throttled to 2G speeds.
- marcellus23 5y agoWhen were users notified, though? Publishing on a blog doesn't count as notifying users of a change like this, I don't think.
- jsnell 5y agoAccording to the blog post, the admings of those organizations were also notified a year ago minus a few weeks: > We will contact impacted institutions directly in the coming weeks to discuss a range of options for getting the storage they need Given the quota model, it doesn't seem like notifying individual users would have made sense. It doesn't sound like the original poster would have been a domain admin.
- Twirrim 5y agoI'm not saying they didn't, but that sentence you quote is future tense. We don't know that they actually did in the time frame that they said they would. Just that they said they would.
- remus 5y agoI've helped maintain a g suite org, they're pretty rigorous about getting in touch when they're making changes. I know we had plenty of notice about the storage policy changes for example.
- kayxspre 5y agoProbably when the organization's admin does so. There are many institutions that allow alumnus to keep the Education account. With this change, they have to hastily notify the alumnus that this will no longer be honored, and they should move whatever important out of it before the account gets deleted.
- oxplot 5y agoAnd they can always pay for storage they use above the new free limit: > Large institutions will be provided supplemental storage later this year and all schools can gain additional storage through Education Plus and the Teaching and Learning Upgrade.