![]() ![]() No one is entitled to anything above and beyond what the contract says - no contract, no entitlement. Then the service/product gets changed/removed/etc and everyone yells at the owner about how they feel shafted instead of *thanking* the owner for providing such a useful service for free for so long.Įveryone feels entitled to get whatever they want for free. Someone offers a service/product for free. You were making backups right? When LogMeIn, Google whatever, Facebook, etc, go belly up, get bought out, ![]() Ok, so there's replication and actual migration, but the point is email is standard and you can pick and choose at will if one service goes away. I'd say "if you rely on a third-party web service with no alternatives or exit plans, then you're screwed whether you pay for it or not." Relying on a third-party email provider is pretty easy, just point your MX record at the new server, bam, you're migrated. The truth is, I don't know of an easy answer. What's the answer? I suppose I should say, "do it all yourself" but that can be a tall order, especially if you need to sync mobile devices or multiple operating systems. That said, I use gmail and Google calendar. ![]() I don't want to buy shares of your company. If you rely on a free web service to run a business. If you rely on a free web service for personal use, you could be in for a shock. Even paid services get acquired, merged, destroyed. Isn't that the most important lesson from all of this? Google cancels stuff willy-nilly (admittedly with decent notice). That's the problem with depending on a "free" service. ![]()
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