QotD: Google Subscription
Posted February 9th, 2005 @ 08:39am by Erik J. Barzeski
Question: With all that Google has, including their new Maps, Gmail, and the pre-existing stuff, how much would you be willing to pay if everything but the basic search features became a subscription service?
My Answer: I'd pay $20/year. And that's stretching it… I'm not sure I'm going to need Maps, and I rarely use anything other than the image search. My gmail account is great for inviting people, but that's it. 🙂
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Posted 09 Feb 2005 at 10:23am #
I seriously doubt I would pay anything. The only service of theirs I really use is the web search, and that can be had elsewhere. I refuse to touch Gmail because of privacy concerns (yes, I have read their privacy polciy and it leaves much to be desired), and since I own a Mac running Panther, Sherlock gives me the rest of it.
PS - and I'm a cheapskate but you already knew that. 😉
Posted 09 Feb 2005 at 12:24pm #
QotD: Google Subscription
as usual from nslog
Question: With all that Google has, including their new Maps, Gmail, and the pre-existing stuff, how much would you be willing to pay if everything but the basic search features became a subscription service?
I am cheap. I pr...
Posted 09 Feb 2005 at 2:31pm #
Unless Mapquest and Yahoo Maps were to both start charging money (and they won't, as whoever does so first will quickly find that their users will all jump to the competitor) then I don't see how Google could possibly expect people to subscribe to their maps. Expect to see advertising added to the page soon, though.
I can imagine them charging for Gmail, but several times they have said that they think they can keep it supported by advertising.
Posted 09 Feb 2005 at 11:49pm #
You'd pay for Google?!?
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Posted 10 Feb 2005 at 10:53am #
My new favorite map site
Goodbye, Mappoint. See ya, Mapquest. I'm spending a lot of time on map sites, trying to get a handle on where different houses and things are in the Princeton, NJ area. The only map site I'm going to now is...