Google about to charge for Gmail
 

Otherwise you will be suspended by August 1

Google is about to do something really dumb and force people to pay for a service which has been free for years.

Gmail became a dominant mail service because it was free enabled a pretty good amount of storage space.

Over time, however, Google changed its business offerings to a paid model but early customers were promised that it would always remain free.

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