Well the goal for a paid product isn't to gripe over the fact that you want to pay for it or not. This is why I'm against things being offered for free. People lose focus or sight of what they wish

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I see nothing from Mark that this is the intent. free basic service is what gets most in the door. many would never consider a company for their group if their is a charge for all groups. you have

I agree with that… But to remove features unless someone pays now for an established group.. Well that sounds screwy…

I would not be against something like ads on the site.. Especially if it benefitted MARKs efforts..

I disagree with your assessment.. Assuming, we would not be willing to pay for it, is because we are poor is a bit insulting..

I am group owner of a Raspberry Pi for Ham Radio Group.. It is a relatively large group. But it is all for a Hobby.. Ham Radio and Raspberry Pis. If had to pay for it. I might be inclined too, then I

Thanks for all the responses. I would like to reiterate that the original suggestion is not to eliminate a free tier, only that the current Basic level offers more than enough value to the user to be

I am totally against basic members giving monthly payments regardless of the cost. Some people might not be able afford even $1 a month. If money is an issues, my suggestion would be maybe

>There will always be a place for the free, entry-level option, but in my opinion Mark is already giving away too much. Mark has certainly been generous with his features. In my group which is

I understand your concern. For people who are on low, fixed income or who just want to budget their resources, free groups should exist. So long as the group is honoring such a service or about such a

I tried that wiht my podcast and for me that did not work. I got a bunch of emails saying, can I have this for free and that for free etc? Then I lost about half of my subscribers. This after 12 years

I do feel that Google Groups works well as a free model because Google gets money in other ways. Groups.io would use its own service for primary funding, so as long as enough people pay for groups,

hi all i do agree with this last message all of my groups are for people with disabilities and any future groups i may do will be the same and this service is easyer to use and i hope mark carrys on

I agree. My groups have a zero budget. They are for 1) families of individuals with autism, and then a larger group for families of special needs students in our school district. So folks are not

I totally disagree with paying $1 a month on the basic groups.io service. This is because this service always receive updates and is always maintenanced, while other services such as Google

As the volunteer owner of a Group that serves as a communications channel for the board of directors (17 Group members) of a small (currently under 50 members) non-profit with a very low budget, if I

I just checked this out, that is great that there actually is an option to change to premium for one month! I was thinking I would have to toggle back and forth from Basic to Premium. Basically the

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