As a result, Google faced a lot of criticism and decided to moderate policy to only include users of G Suite who have been using the service for commercial purpose. At that time it looked like everyone everyone who signed up during G Suite in its early days would be impacted. Google first revealed its plan to end its legacy G Suite free edition in January. Google discontinued free unlimited cloud storage offerings in July.

Google’s decision to discontinue unlimited cloud storage offering for Google Workspace for Education customers is a clear example that users who are serious about their business must not bank upon free services at all. He said that his company was always mindful while making suggestions to clients and never recommend clients to trust any complimentary subscription. The founder and CEO of Cave Consulting in Dallas, Texas, Todd Cave said that Google’s decision not to discontinue G Suite legacy edition has not had an impact on his clients. However, there is a mix response from those consulting firms.

One of the biggest concerns for those who banked upon the free G Suite service and offered the same to their client is to convince their clients to pay for the same service going further. While Google stopped offering the legacy free edition to new users in 2012, it allowed existing users to enjoy the service for free until now. The New York Times reported that as the nearing deadline has generated complaints by small businesses who have been using G Suite legacy edition that Google used to offer for free until 2012. Going further, they will also have to pay for Workspace, or migrate to rival Microsoft. The freeloaders of G Suite legacy-free edition are not thrilled about the new change.

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