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A comment on Google Workspace increasing prices from April 11, 2023. Parent comment

Re:Google Workspace increasing prices from April 11, 2023 by nickfromseattle on Thursday February 16, 2023 @05:23PM (#34827370)
> There's no lock in here. People are free to switch to one of the many competing services.

There is significant lock-in with email because:

1 - Email migration sucks and if you're a big org, this process can/will be complicated, expensive and carry potential down time for end-users.

2 - The bigger you are, the less willing you are to go through with #1 without a really, really, really* ridiculously good reason

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Re:Google Workspace increasing prices from April 11, 2023 by rhaway84773 on Thursday February 16, 2023 @08:40PM (#34829539)
1 - That isn’t lock in. That’s like saying you’re locked in to your month to month rental apartment because you have to move so much furniture, and that has a hassle and cost associated with it.
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