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by userbinator 4150 days ago
I notice the link "grab a free key" leads to a URL ending with free_trial.html, and that page is a form that asks for plenty of information. The lack of any justification for why something that used to be $399 is now free also feels a bit odd to me... like it's somehow implying that giving Google your name, company, phone number, and other information is, to them, worth more than $399?
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no. what if you were making a product free that you no longer wanted to support?

remember: paying users expect support

a. make free without knowing who is using your project

b. make free with knowing who is using your project

a.