I know there are a lot of arguments for why the user owns a completely free interface that revolutionized electronic communication. I know that many of them will be stated below. I acknowledge that these arguments have weight and validity.
However...
This is a business decision. MaysonL stated that '...people trying to foist changes like this...should consider the fact that there are humans on the other end of the computer.'" Why exactly should they consider this? Has there been a vast migration? Are the people using the service paying them?
Has anyone noticed that Google is moving to enterprise platforms. More importantly, has anyone noticed that Google has an active branch pursuing RFPs an IDIQs in the federal space?
Google is looking for paying customers. This is how it goes. This is Hacker News for pete's sake. If you don't like GMail, make a product that works better and post it here. You'll probably get a lot of customers. (By which I mean freeloaders to whom you will have to provide massive memory and bandwidth)
However...
This is a business decision. MaysonL stated that '...people trying to foist changes like this...should consider the fact that there are humans on the other end of the computer.'" Why exactly should they consider this? Has there been a vast migration? Are the people using the service paying them?
Has anyone noticed that Google is moving to enterprise platforms. More importantly, has anyone noticed that Google has an active branch pursuing RFPs an IDIQs in the federal space?
Google is looking for paying customers. This is how it goes. This is Hacker News for pete's sake. If you don't like GMail, make a product that works better and post it here. You'll probably get a lot of customers. (By which I mean freeloaders to whom you will have to provide massive memory and bandwidth)
Edit: fixed quotes