GSuite legacy users can now get a free personal account, includes Gmail

Re:GSuite legacy users can now get a free personal account, ... by cmeacham98 on Monday May 16, 2022 @11:05PM (#31405621)

Nothing _prevents_ it, but

1. Fastmail doesn't have the same reputation as Google of banning accounts with little to no recourse (presumably because their customers pay, thus significantly increasing the cost for spammers to abuse their platform).

2. Even if Fastmail bans me or the company goes under, I still will own the underlying domain and can move somewhere else.

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Re:GSuite legacy users can now get a free personal account, ... by nisegami on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @07:16AM (#31408766)

Is 2. not true for GSuite regardless? It's one of the reasons I find the risk profile acceptable despite Google's ability to ban me.

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Re:GSuite legacy users can now get a free personal account, ... by cmeacham98 on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @07:54AM (#31409120)

I believe GSuite supports either @gmail.com or custom domains, so it can be true for it.

Edit: my bad, this is apparently untrue.

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Re:GSuite legacy users can now get a free personal account, ... by ValentineC on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @08:16AM (#31409366)

G Suite doesn't support Gmail, but I think one of the bigger problems is that other aspects of your online profile (YouTube, Play Store) are tightly coupled to your Google account.

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