Re:Google Apps stops accepting free sign-ups
by justincormack on Thursday December 06, 2012 @07:35PM
(#4884735)
And? You want this to be free? It clearly costs money.
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Re:Google Apps stops accepting free sign-ups
by burke on Thursday December 06, 2012 @07:41PM
(#4884786)
How so? It's essentially the same service as gmail, only with a different domain. The incremental cost to them is zero, and they make the same revenue as they do from a gmail user.
Re:Google Apps stops accepting free sign-ups
by justincormack on Friday December 07, 2012 @04:37AM
(#4886231)
A gmail user advertises gmail every time they send a mail. Your own domain does not. Its a mass market product. Having your own domain is not.
Re:Google Apps stops accepting free sign-ups
by ams6110 on Thursday December 06, 2012 @07:45PM
(#4884805)
Google's cost != Value to You.
Re:Google Apps stops accepting free sign-ups
by burke on Thursday December 06, 2012 @07:51PM
(#4884836)
I was responding specifically to the 'It clearly costs money' statement. It definitely costs them $0 more than gmail.
Re:Google Apps stops accepting free sign-ups
by cglace on Thursday December 06, 2012 @08:57PM
(#4885088)
Opportunity cost.
Re:Google Apps stops accepting free sign-ups
by nuclear_eclipse on Thursday December 06, 2012 @07:35PM
(#4884739)
I see ads on my free google apps account...
Re:Google Apps stops accepting free sign-ups
by pyre on Thursday December 06, 2012 @07:37PM
(#4884752)
Expect them to start including "Upgrade now to a paid Google Apps account!" ;-)
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Re:Google Apps stops accepting free sign-ups
by nuclear_eclipse on Thursday December 06, 2012 @07:41PM
(#4884785)
I don't even see ads when reading email for my basic gmail account on my phone, so IME there's zero difference between the two except that one is tightly integrated with my domain name and the other has a terribly ugly username @gmail.com ...