[colug-432] the demise of Googoo "Apps for Domains"

[Greg Sidelinger]

I also just found out they dropped exchange support for new apple devices.
 They want you to use their crappy gmail app instead.  I say crappy as I
can't read half of my emails on my phone with out zooming in.  Hell 1/4 of
the  screen is dedicated to a next button instead of reading
real-estate. Over the last year they have dropped over 1/2 of their
services I actually used on a daily basis.  I'm down to gmail and search
now days.  And if I ever get off my lazy ass I'm moving my personal domain
away from them.

Greg

On Thursday, July 11, 2013, Rick Troth wrote:

> This may be old news to some (and others might not care).  Google has
> dispensed with their free offering of what is now called "Apps for
> Business".  It happened circa January of this year.  The only plan
> available is one of several pay-for plans.
>
> Frankly, I think their price is quite reasonable for small biz: $5/user
> for GMail, calendar, IM, contacts, and a highly interactive document
> sharing service.  Many biz, large and small, pay more for less.  But I
> whine because I am not a small biz.  I'm a hobbyist with a home domain.
> So the "no charge for up to 10 users" would seem to fit ... hobbyists
> could go gratis while actual small biz (likely to have more than 10
> users) would pay actual dollars (and get actual attention when they have
> actual problems).
>
> What happened is that my son got a domain a few weeks ago.  We set up
> DNS and web, enrolled in "Apps for Business" (not finding the explicitly
> free "Apps for Domains"), then pointed MX at Googoo.  Worked.  The
> mailbox is the biggest thing he got out of that.  Their spam filtering
> and web interface are fabulous.  But now we find it suspended.
>
> So ... mostly just to let the rest of you know.
>
> If you're already "in" then you may be grandfathered.  This note comes
> to you by way of the previously instantiated "Apps for Domains" for
> casita.net, which Skippy turned me onto a couple years ago.  So far, my
> services from Google have not been suspended.
>
> I would gladly pay real dollars for these kinds of things.  But what is
> a low price for actual business is a high price for home use.  It seems
> we have lost some nice middle ground.
>
> -- R; <><
>
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