Don't worry, your legacy G Suite account still isnt moving to Google Workspace

Date:
Fri, 03 Feb 2023 13:01:19 +0000

Description:
Despite notice messages to the contrary, Google claims its committed to keeping G Suite, a set of free collaboration tools for grandfathered users, intact.

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After fighting tooth and nail to retain access to G Suites legacy free tools instead of being moved to a paid Google Workspace plan after an announcement in January 2022, some Google users got a fright recently.

G Suite was a free iteration of Workspace, Googles collaboration software , offering free email hosting , and, crucially, custom domains, from 2006 to 2012. Accounts created during this period are currently grandfathered into
the service, meaning their owners dont have to pay any additional fees while retaining all the benefits.

After Google backtracked on making users start to pay for Workspace in 2022,
G Suite users had to pinky promise to Google that they did not intend to use their account for business use and, after that, the matter seemed settled. Legacy G Suite transitions, or lack thereof

In February 2023, however, a notification claiming that the transition to Google Workspace has started began to appear for users, implying that the
tech giant had begun to backtrack on its backtrack.

Users were initially confused , but, thankfully, this appears to be a
mistake. A Google spokesperson claimed in a statement to Ars Technica that
the issue is a bug, and that those who previously opted-in for personal use are not expected to take any further action. Read more

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Even so, the notification, when clicked, appears to refer to a new service, Google Workspace for personal use, which does not exist.

The same Google spokesperson also confirmed that users were unintentionally seeing beta branding for the intention to scrap legacy G Suite accounts last year, and so the whole debacle seems to be a wild goose chase - until the
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Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/news/dont-worry-your-legacy-g-suite-account-still-is nt-moving-to-google-workspace


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