Interesting move by Google. No more free Google Apps.

http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/changes-to-google-apps-for-businesses.html

You should write headings for news.com.au

the internet sucks since people who are willing to pay for stuff have joined

So you still get ads if you pay for it, right?

... and new individuals.

i.e. the free version is no longer available for sign-up.

That is not what it says...

It lists the requirement for an individual is to "create a free personal Google Account"

There is no annual per user fee listed under the individual user description. As opposed to the business which states $50 per user per year.

That is not what it says...It lists the requirement for an individual is to "create a free personal Google Account"There is no annual per user fee listed under the individual user description. As opposed to the business which states $50 per user per year.

But as an individual user you cannot use your own domain name, you need the business account for those purposes.

its quite frustrating that they dont offer something between free and business (premium home user).

Im not going to pay $60/yr per email address when i already pay for hosting.

Something like $100/yr for users who own domains but want to use gmail (and apps like google app sync) with a 10 user limit would be great. but $5/mo/user is bs for home users who own domains and may have an address set up for each family member

if you have web hosting for the domain you usually get email through that and you can hook that up to gmail for free

Yes yes, if you have hosting. I and many others don't. We just have a $10/yr personal domain that's linked to the gmail servers.

You need Google Apps for that. GMail is already free, so obviously maintaining my emails would not exactly be a burden for them. As mentioned by someone else, would be happy to pay a reasonable fee for a personal Apps account rather than the crazy $60 per user/year they now want for new users (I have a main user address and a catch-all/spam address on the same domain, so that'd be $120/yr).

But yes, this remains free for existing users ... for now.