Google requiring all ‘G Suite legacy free edition’ users to start paying

Re:Google requiring all ‘G Suite legacy free edition’ users ... by notyourwork on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @04:18PM (#30000285)

I recall at one point they were offering large (unlimited) storage quotas for these business accounts. Some groups were using rclone to interface for Google Drive to store warez and other large ticket items like pirated audio/video.

Even if the cap was 1TB I imagine there is a large amount of unused but occupied hot storage that is part of the equation. Not sure what others but in general there has to be some financial sheet indicating that this is costing money and offering no value so it is time to sunset it.

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Re:Google requiring all ‘G Suite legacy free edition’ users ... by mnahkies on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @04:57PM (#30000845)

I wish mine had 1tb - I was already considering paying as I'm forever bumping up against a ~20gb limit with Google photos contributing most.

To be fair I think that was per user on the domain, so probably could've created additional users to cycle through.

Main thing that was holding me back was losing the grandfathered free plan should I change my mind / find an alternative for photos (I'd quite like to keep Google docs etc), but I guess that's no longer a consideration

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