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I am on Google’s side on this one. With notice, there doesn’t seem to be much wrong with withdrawing a free service. Off topic, but I was really frustrated th
by mark_l_watson 4y ago
I am on Google’s side on this one.
With notice, there doesn’t seem to be much wrong with withdrawing a free service.
Off topic, but I was really frustrated the two times I signed up for a paid account with my custom domain: there was no way to share all of my Google Play movie and book purchases from free GMail to my paid GSuite account. Having two accounts was a nuisance. They probably would have got $10/month from me for the rest of my life if they had fixed that. Google does some things, like GCP, really well and sometimes seems to fall down.
- Tozen 4y ago“They’re basically strong-arming us to switch to something paid after they got us hooked on this free service...” Google's antics come off to many, as just slimy and unnecessary. Not to mention the poor customer support and outrageous privacy violations, particularly if you are not a big enough business and/or paying them enough. Way too many negative stories and interactions. In general, I prefer to stay away from anything Google (and so do a number of people that I know), unless necessary. There are a number of alternatives to choose from, and growing.
- mark_l_watson 4y agoI don’t disagree with you. Personally, I like that we have lots of choice in Google, Microsoft, Apple, Alibaba, Meta’s Oculus platform, etc. I am both for some government privacy over site as well as free market competition. I tend to favor being a customer of small companies when possible, support independent news streaming, etc., but there is lots of choice in the marketplace.