[CJefferson]

So to be clear (this isn't your fault of course, this is a Google problem), as someone with my own domain for my email:

* First google forced me to start paying for my email domain.

* Then they increased the cost to force me to pay for AI features

* Now, I can't actually use the AI features without spending even more money, I could use them if I just had a gmail address and didn't pay google.

Well done Google, you've finally pursaded me to get around to transfering my custom email domain off google. Anyone have any preferences?

[wordsalad]

> First google forced me to start paying for my email domain.

Do you mean that they stopped offering the legacy free tier and you had to upgrade to a paid plan? If that's the case, they reverted their decision and it was possible to go back to the free tier. I don't know if it is still possible, as this was 3 years ago, but here's a thread outlining how to do it. https://www.reddit.com/r/gsuitelegacymigration/comments/urky...

[CJefferson]

They did it fairly quietly, for a very limited time, I guess to shut up people shouting about it on Twitter.

When I heard about it (about 6 weeks after that post), I applied to go back to free, but was told I was too late.

[ctxc]

ZohoMail offers upto 5 free emails for a custom domain. It's what I use fwiw.

[peatmoss]

I use and like Fastmail.