We talked about a few days ago about Google's decision to charge Workspace users of the free version of G Suite , starting in July of this year. Many of these users, private registered for years with their domain who now do not want to pay for the complete Workspace suite , they've leaked their complaints to the web, and now Google is contacting them to provide them with a way out . On their dedicated page, the option to sign up for customers “who may not be using the free version of G Suite for business” appeared in order to receive “updates on more options for their non-corporate account “.
Google later wrote that will offer the ability to transfer paid content non-Google Workspace and most data to an option free . By “non-Google Workspace paid content” Google presumably refers to everything from paid Android apps , to movies , TV shows, and eBooks from the Play Store that people have purchased over the years.
From the initial announcement, people who did not want to start paying for Workspace (starting at € 4.68 / user per month, now with a discount) could only export their data via Google Takeout . Now, Google appears to be proposing an option to transfer a free edition legacy G Suite account to a regular @ gmail.com address, or so hopefully. It makes a lot of sense that Google offers a better free option than Takeout , which would not allow you to keep access to the paid content , but keep in mind that , as the company notes, this “new option will not include premium features such as custom email or multiple account management “. In short, the way seems rather complicated, but perhaps there is a opening for private users.
