Google Apps stops accepting free sign-ups

Re:Google Apps stops accepting free sign-ups by Karunamon on Thursday December 06, 2012 @09:37PM (#4885200)

Most people pay more than $50 (or even $100 or $200) a year for far less useful services than a managed collaboration suite with full support.

To put it in perspective, Netflix costs ~$108 a year. People have no issues spending $4 a day on a latte, but just 13 lattes costs more than a year of Google Apps. A single latte or a big mac meal at mcdonalds costs more than an entire month of google apps for you.

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Re:Google Apps stops accepting free sign-ups by philwelch on Friday December 07, 2012 @01:44AM (#4885838)

I always hate these comparisons because they have no basis in reality. Food, drugs, and sex are basic human drives. You can't compare them to something as ephemeral as email.

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Re:Google Apps stops accepting free sign-ups by gsk on Friday December 07, 2012 @02:41AM (#4885947)

That's not true. Communication(what email is for) is a basic need. Consider how much you spend on your mobile phone every year.

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Re:Google Apps stops accepting free sign-ups by philwelch on Friday December 07, 2012 @03:33AM (#4886074)

The mobile phone is a better comparison, but you're dealing in abstract concepts now, not the simple neurochemicals your brain has spent millions of years evolving to crave. Plus, email is probably one of the least satisfying forms of communication.

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Re:Google Apps stops accepting free sign-ups by paganel on Friday December 07, 2012 @05:01AM (#4886288)

> Food, drugs, and sex are basic human drives.

And then there's coffee, which exceeds them all :)

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Re:Google Apps stops accepting free sign-ups by philwelch on Friday December 07, 2012 @06:01AM (#4886419)

Coffee is a drug, combined with a tasty delivery mechanism that registers as food to the reptilian brain.

For that matter, so is beer!

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