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Re:Google Apps stops accepting free sign-ups by zsiddique on Thursday December 06, 2012 @07:37PM (#4884751)
This might suck for the power user who had his own domain, but I am betting the free version was abused by a lot of business unwilling to pay a few bucks for the service.
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Re:Google Apps stops accepting free sign-ups by Firehed on Thursday December 06, 2012 @08:16PM (#4884941)
What's the difference? The cost to Google is presumably the same, except that the user count might have been between two and ten-ish instead of one.

And now they can't upsell those businesses to paid accounts anymore. Established businesses already have email in place, and switching them over will be a hell of a sell.

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