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Re:Google requiring all ‘G Suite legacy free edition’ users ... by cromka on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @03:33PM (#29999616)
> I'd be less angry if they offered some way to escape. Let use merge/transition our accounts with personal Google accounts. Let us have personal accounts with custom domain, iCloud offers that feature now.

Same exact story, although we have been using it like this closer to 20 years now.

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Re:Google requiring all ‘G Suite legacy free edition’ users ... by mixologic on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @04:23PM (#30000346)
yep. Set mine up in 2004. I would gladly switch over to a normal gmail account with a custom domain name, yet there is no way to preserve any of my existing google identity.
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