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Paying for subscriptions is the way to go. We can't expect companies to give expensive services away for free, and we don't seem to like being merchandized wit
by tonymet 5y ago
Paying for subscriptions is the way to go. We can't expect companies to give expensive services away for free, and we don't seem to like being merchandized with ads.
- xanaxagoras 5y agoThe service itself is not expensive. For example, my ISP offers it for free, so does my registrar. They're effectively selling an overpriced software subscription (to gmail) and threat of lock-in is at least some part of the marketing tactic.
- tonymet 5y agoi know people who manage free GSuite accounts with 3000+ members. that’s $60k / mo in lost sales and at least $500 / mo cost to operate
- xanaxagoras 5y agoHaha, fair enough, hadn't thought of that scenario. That is pretty insane to expect a free service to provide that in perpetuity.
- amanzi 5y agoGoogle has a habit of offering free services that other companies can't compete with, and then after they've killed off the competition they start charging for the services. Classic example is Google Photos - they killed off a bunch of competiors in the early days who couldn't compete with Google's unlimited free storage.