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Google will let legacy G Suite users migrate to free Google accounts

by da_rob on 1/28/22, 1:34 PM with 6 comments

• by joshstrange on 1/28/22, 2:49 PM

  I'm not sure I trust any migration for something this important. I think I'd much rather just pay the $6/mo for my user.

  I've always found it's best not to have a "special" kind of account and something tells me a legacy G suite -> consumer account is going to have some holes/inconsistencies that would be hell to deal with.

• by hbcondo714 on 1/28/22, 5:42 PM

  > ...porting your G Suite legacy free account to a consumer Google account still means that you can’t keep your existing email address with a custom domain name. You would have to use a different email address or find another email provider

  This new option is still a no-go for me and doesn't address the primary issue of keeping a custom email address at no additional cost.

• by tut-urut-utut on 1/28/22, 3:34 PM

  Or use an opportunity to look other options. What’s the point of having own domain if or continue to be locked by the vendor?