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I use them on three sites, mostly as an experiment.</p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130115125402/http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/changes-to-google-apps-for-businesses.html" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','https://web.archive.org/web/20130115125402/http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com.au']);">Google Apps for Business</a> isn’t free anymore. You used to be able to go to <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130115125402/http://www.google.com/enterprise/apps/business/pricing.html" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','https://web.archive.org/web/20130115125402/http://www.google.com']);">their pricing</a> and click on free to set everything up for a few users. No more. <a class="simple-footnote" title="Irony, Google Apps doesn’t accept Google Checkout for currency." id="return-note-2985-1" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130115125402/http://halfelf.org/2012/google-apps-aint-free/#note-2985-1"><sup>1</sup></a></p><p>What does this mean? Well a lot of people will have to run their own mail servers again. It’s not surprising to me, given how hard Google had been making it to find the free version, but it is a bit of a dick move to say “And now we’re charging.” I would have thought dropping the number of free from whatever it is now to five, or even one, email account would have been better. Actually, what would be great is if Google had a <em>just email</em> domain mapping you could do, but they don’t.</p><p>This sucks a lot for a lot of people, including me as I was thinking it’d be nice to have all my friends who are hosted here using Google for email – they know it and are used to it.</p><p><em>ETA: As Otto pointed out, the no-longer-free is only for new people. Anyone with an existing account is fine. So don’t make any more domains! (And now we see how IP addresses will last…)</em></p><div class="simple-footnotes"><p class="notes">Notes:</p><ol><li id="note-2985-1">Irony, Google Apps doesn’t accept Google Checkout for currency. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130115125402/http://halfelf.org/2012/google-apps-aint-free/#return-note-2985-1">↩</a></li></ol></div></div><div class="post-meta"><span class="categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130115125402/http://halfelf.org/category/philo/" title="View all posts in Philosopy" rel="category tag">Philosopy</a></span> <span class="tags">Tagged: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130115125402/http://halfelf.org/tag/email/" rel="tag">email</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130115125402/http://halfelf.org/tag/gmail/" rel="tag">gmail</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130115125402/http://halfelf.org/tag/google/" rel="tag">google</a></span></div><div class="after-post widget-area"><div id="text-5" class="widget widget_text"><div class="widget-wrap"><div class="textwidget"><div class="after-sing-ad"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130115125402/http://halfelf.org/ebooks/wordpress-multisite-110/" title="WordPress Multisite 110"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130115125402im_/http://halfelf.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/05/wpms110-button.png" alt="" title="WordPress Multisite 110 ebook" width="100" height="100" class="alignright wp-image-1990"/></a><p>Know Multisite and need more? 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They just turned off new signups.</p></div><div class="reply"></div><ul class="children"><li class="comment byuser comment-author-ipstenu bypostauthor odd alt depth-2" id="comment-4959"><div class="comment-header"><div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130115125402im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/abfd4ff9c24957f1a9f0435e23de1f73?s=48&d=retro&r=R" class="avatar avatar-48 photo" height="48" width="48"/> <cite class="fn"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130115125402/http://ipstenu.org/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-commentauthor','https://web.archive.org/web/20130115125402/http://ipstenu.org']);" rel="external nofollow" class="url">Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)</a></cite> <span class="says">says:</span></div><div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130115125402/http://halfelf.org/2012/google-apps-aint-free/#comment-4959">7 December, 2012 at 4:03 pm</a></div></div><div class="comment-content"><p>Good point. Though I don’t see that lasting forever either.</p></div><div class="reply"></div></li></ul></li><li class="comment even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="comment-4960"><div class="comment-header"><div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130115125402im_/http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1f2c4d1547e1bc2191af10caf8dc297a?s=48&d=retro&r=R" class="avatar avatar-48 photo" height="48" width="48"/> <cite class="fn">Mark</cite> <span class="says">says:</span></div><div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130115125402/http://halfelf.org/2012/google-apps-aint-free/#comment-4960">7 December, 2012 at 6:00 pm</a></div></div><div class="comment-content"><blockquote><p>I don’t see that lasting forever either.</p></blockquote><p>I started using <em>Gmail For Your Domain</em> back in ’05 or ’06 when I got an invite to the beta. Since then I’ve added several domains and set up myriad clients, friends and family members with Gmail/Google Apps. Now I feel like I’ll always be waiting for the other shoe to drop. How long do you give it before Google starts charging for existing free accounts?</p></div><div class="reply"></div><ul class="children"><li class="comment byuser comment-author-ipstenu bypostauthor odd alt depth-2" id="comment-4961"><div class="comment-header"><div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130115125402im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/abfd4ff9c24957f1a9f0435e23de1f73?s=48&d=retro&r=R" class="avatar avatar-48 photo" height="48" width="48"/> <cite class="fn"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130115125402/http://ipstenu.org/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-commentauthor','https://web.archive.org/web/20130115125402/http://ipstenu.org']);" rel="external nofollow" class="url">Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)</a></cite> <span class="says">says:</span></div><div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130115125402/http://halfelf.org/2012/google-apps-aint-free/#comment-4961">8 December, 2012 at 6:07 pm</a></div></div><div class="comment-content"><p>I don’t think they will unless they change free gmail.</p></div><div class="reply"></div></li></ul></li><li class="comment byuser comment-author-ipstenu bypostauthor even thread-even depth-1" id="comment-4962"><div class="comment-header"><div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130115125402im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/abfd4ff9c24957f1a9f0435e23de1f73?s=48&d=retro&r=R" class="avatar avatar-48 photo" height="48" width="48"/> <cite class="fn"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130115125402/http://ipstenu.org/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-commentauthor','https://web.archive.org/web/20130115125402/http://ipstenu.org']);" rel="external nofollow" class="url">Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)</a></cite> <span class="says">says:</span></div><div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130115125402/http://halfelf.org/2012/google-apps-aint-free/#comment-4962">8 December, 2012 at 9:32 pm</a></div></div><div class="comment-content"><p>Here’s the email they sent out. This hit my inbox hours after they posted on line.</p><blockquote><p>Hello from Google,</p><p>Here’s some important news about Google Apps—but don’t worry, there’s no need for you to take any action. We just want you to know that we’re making a change to the packages we offer.</p><p>Starting today, we’re no longer accepting new sign-ups for the free version of Google Apps (the version you’re currently using). 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