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I'd like to know what exactly was the decisioning around this as it seems like a case study in how not to do product management.
by htrp 4y ago
I'd like to know what exactly was the decisioning around this as it seems like a case study in how not to do product management.
- gushie 4y agoPerhaps Google just wanted to scare businesses on the legacy plan into migrating to the paid service, expecting that those who could afford to pay wouldn't leave it to the last minute.
- Nican 4y agoProbably trying to get rid of people using their service like this: https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/ufa4v4/google_workspace_storage_is_not_being_enforced/ https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/ufa4v4/google_...
- Macha 4y agoI think they're pretty justified to block additional uploads for any over their stated (but poorly enforced) quota, and give a window for users to get back under quota then just delete it for the obvious bad actors.
- ValentineC 4y agoG Suite legacy accounts have always been limited to 15GB, and my newsletter inbox has been barred once from receiving further email because I'm always close to the limit.
- coffeefirst 4y agoGiven how long it took and their original apathy to the negative reaction, I’m guessing a large percentage of users were migrating away rather than paying to upgrade. And now I’m curious what that number is.