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Re:Google Apps stops accepting free sign-ups by pfisch on Thursday December 06, 2012 @08:18PM (#4884948)
I absolutely agree with this. If they are going to dick us over I can understand that because they were offering us something free that costs money to run, but just be straight with us.

I don't think the google apps business customers are this dumb. They aren't going to trick us with this kind of obvious double talk. We are just going to think they are being deceptive and be less understanding.

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Re:Google Apps stops accepting free sign-ups by Karunamon on Thursday December 06, 2012 @09:40PM (#4885208)
"Dicking us over"

Really? * really? * Choosing to stop offering a free service while allowing people who already have it to keep it is dicking you over?

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Re:Google Apps stops accepting free sign-ups by ladzoppelin on Thursday December 06, 2012 @11:20PM (#4885461)
Free? That's being being pretty disingenuous considering Google is an Advertising/Tracking company with the number one search engine in the world. No one uses any Google service or app for free so technically it was not a "free service". They should be upfront with people in the beginning if they don't want people bitching.
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Re:Google Apps stops accepting free sign-ups by Karunamon on Friday December 07, 2012 @10:16AM (#4887223)
>Free? That's being being pretty disingenuous

Yes, free. As in 0$. The same way that Facebook is free and that most startup web services have a free usage tier. Knock it off with the pedantry.

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Re:Google Apps stops accepting free sign-ups by pfisch on Friday December 07, 2012 @09:30AM (#4887001)
You know what, you are right.

I think the only reason I felt that way was because of how they told us what they were doing. Like they were doing us some kind of favor instead of the exact opposite.

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