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Imagine if Google released a service where, for $5 a month you received different terms of service, owned your data contractually and, just for fun, got to turn
by Adaptive 14y ago
Imagine if Google released a service where, for $5 a month you received different terms of service, owned your data contractually and, just for fun, got to turn off ads in gmail?
They already did. It's Google Apps. http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/terms/premier_terms.html http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/terms/premier_terms.html
For less than $5 a month I get completely different terms of service than Google's standard gmail accounts. I get a lot of other interesting control options as well in the Apps dashboard.
I really disapprove of the Google terms in the free accounts, but $5 a month is a no brainer. Unlike facebook, I find Google docs to be worth having, if for no other reason than collaboration. It's also worth a small fee for me to have contractual ownership of my hosted data.
- eli 14y agoYou do own your data. Google never claims to own your data.
- Adaptive 14y agoCorrect. They are declaring a license to do what they want with it. Sort of like you owning a car and me declaring a license to drive it if, say, you park in my driveway, which might be a fair trade. In that case, you are better off renting a monthly parking spot.
- ceol 14y agoDo they actually have support for Premier? I would pay $5/mo to know they won't randomly disable my account (or if they do, I can talk to someone).
- Adaptive 14y agoThere is but I've never used it. I feel generally safer with a paid account not being disabled but I certainly don't depend on it not disappearing. Initially I set this up not for the terms of service and support, but back when it was the only way to get two factor. Apps often lags behind other google services, but there are areas in which it is either ahead or superior, often related to security/privacy.