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Google, No Longer the Land of the Free

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Shadowlayer
03/12/09

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Meh, pretty much anyone inside google with the power to do something about this crisis doesnt gives a crap anymore: they all cashed out at the IPO.
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DariaHelen
03/12/09

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Gmail already DOES charge for extra storage. I've paid $20 per year for the past 2 years because I had reached the Gmail "unlimited storage" limit.

Am I the only person on the planet paying for that?
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Shadowlayer
03/12/09

@DariaHelen: Yes you are...

What you use your account for anyway? file uploads? friggin gmail is too slow, use FTP instead
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610Dean
03/12/09

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Give me a break. Do you understand capitalism at all? 2.9% is fair. Do you want to fight over squirrel meat instead? Example: Last month we needed an occupant for our commercial space (were artists we dont profit off it) We found one and they were in another country. They paid us immediately through paypal. Am I willing to cough up say 12 bucks, for a service that makes real money fly through space into my account. Yes.. Yes I am.
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Owen Thomas
03/12/09

@610Dean: It's absolutely fair -- and you absolutely miss the point. The entire thesis of the launch of Google Checkout was that Google could use revenues from advertising to subsidize its entry into the payments business. In other words, charge prices that were more than fair to customers, and less than fair to the competition. That particular jig is up.
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skahammer
03/12/09

@Owen Thomas: The entire thesis of the launch of Google Checkout was that Google could use revenues from advertising to subsidize its entry into the payments business.

Would love a source on this statement.
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unclevanya
03/11/09

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What the hell is Google Checkout? I use the Web, Image, Video and Map searches. Anything else is delusional meat by-product.
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wdcr0ck
03/11/09

@unclevanya:

What is Google Checkout? The description is in the article, you lazy twit.
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unclevanya
03/12/09

@wdcr0ck: Rhetorical. Look it up, crank.
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