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22 Jan 2022, 03:28 PM | #16 | |
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I've forwarded all the "Google Play Order Receipt" e-mails from my Legacy to my Gmail account.
I notice in these e-mails, it says: Quote:
I don't think the app developer would welcome all that extra work! |
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22 Jan 2022, 05:22 PM | #17 | |
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Of note from the previously mentioned article:
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24 Jan 2022, 02:14 AM | #18 | ||
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Also, this is stated now on an official Google help page:
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There's also this: Quote:
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24 Jan 2022, 02:38 AM | #19 | |
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This is confusing:
https://support.google.com/a/answer/...n-subscription Quote:
If they're saying you still retain certain services, then the account must still exist, whatever name they call it. I've removed the payment method from my Legacy account, just to make sure they don't upgrade the account. |
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26 Jan 2022, 08:06 PM | #20 | |
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I think this is new information, from here: https://support.google.com/a/answer/...e-subscription
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26 Jan 2022, 08:29 PM | #21 | |
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Google Forms - Beware!
There's a few tweets going around today, saying that Google have put out this form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...BKGeA/viewform I've passed the details on to Google Workspace, to ask if this form is legitimate, and currently waiting for a response. Update: The form was put out by Google. You have to be already logged into your Legacy account (only, not also a Gmail account) to see the link in this page for the 'G Suite legacy free edition feedback form': https://support.google.com/a/answer/...e-subscription Here's a link to a screencap, showing the (highlighted) link: https://i.postimg.cc/xTCP4Yfh/link-for-google-form.jpg The form (IMHO) doesn't look all that professional, with no Google branding shown, plus the form says: Quote:
I presume that means users, but not a term I'm familiar with - that's why I questioned it's legitimacy. Last edited by FredOnline : 27 Jan 2022 at 12:55 AM. Reason: Update: |
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27 Jan 2022, 04:26 AM | #22 |
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From the Google support page to which Fred linked -- under the question, What if I use my G Suite legacy free edition for personal use?
"...we understand some customers may not use their G Suite legacy free edition for business and may be interested in other options. If you have 10 or fewer users in your group and do not use your G Suite legacy free edition for business, please sign in to your administrator account to provide more information." I wonder what the "other options" are. |
28 Jan 2022, 07:49 PM | #23 |
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Lots of people upset about this over at ArsTechnica, and it is interesting to see how little that somewhat technical crowd knows about how email at your own domain works. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022...free-accounts/
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28 Jan 2022, 07:58 PM | #24 |
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28 Jan 2022, 08:03 PM | #25 |
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If Google could come up with a way to migrate legacy free G Suite accounts to a low-cost domain-based email system and then also sell that product to the public I bet they would gain millions of subscribers, especially if they kept the price low and made setup idiot proof. They would have to include domain support via Google domains and include automatic DNS setup or else they would have millions of customer service headaches. But, I still think there is a huge opportunity for Google to sell super simple domain email at a reasonable subscription price.
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28 Jan 2022, 08:12 PM | #26 | |
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5 Feb 2022, 08:03 PM | #27 | |
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I may be mistaken, but I believe Google has continued to update that support page with new information. For example, I don't recall seeing this before that explains the process for saving your Google Play Store purchases etc. Seems problematic to use a non-functioning email address to login to an account that may want to send things to that address, so be sure to change it as soon as possible! Doesn't impact me directly, but I have a few logins that will not change my email address no matter what, and since I have accumulated some value at those sites I am stuck keeping that old address working. https://support.google.com/a/answer/...ent-after-july
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5 Feb 2022, 09:55 PM | #28 |
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I was thinking I would shift my primary domain away from legacy G Suite as well as shift any data I want.
I will point my primary domain from my G Suite to an alternative email provider (ie Fastmail or other) so that I can maintain that email address that was my G Suite email address. But I do have some purchases in G Suite that would be nice to retain access to. If I shift my primary domain away from G Suite, how would I log in? Is it possible to remove a primary domain and still operate the G Suite? Is there a default fall-back domain that I can use to access the Google Suite after removing the primary domain. Anyone else worked this out yet? |
5 Feb 2022, 10:09 PM | #29 |
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I would assume the email address you use to login to GSuite will just be seen as a login name.
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5 Feb 2022, 11:06 PM | #30 |
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