If you had to pay for all the Google services you use, how much would you pay?

In My Humble Opinion
1

(No, I’m not a market researcher for GOOG making super-stealthy inquiries as a prelude to charging for google’s services)

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assume that the other services from other websites are still available** (so there’s still hotmail, mapquest, etc) [I may post a second thread/poll with the assumption that there are no free alternatives to a not-free google]

thread says it all - pretend google says “ok, none of this crap’s free anymore” how much would you pay for the services you use?

feel free to comment/elaborate in the thread if you so desire. (like if you would pay if there weren’t any free alternatives available, stuff like that)

me, I would probably be willing to pay about 10 bucks a month. I know, I’m a cheapskate :slight_smile:

2

Zero, zippo (no, not my lighter), nada, zilch, the big goose egg. The search engine is all I use, and there are plenty of free ones.

3

The only Google thing I use is gmail and there are tons of free accounts out there. I have Google Voice, but I don’t know anyone to call, and half the numbers I try to call on it are blocked, so it’s not reliable.

4

I use Gmail, Google Docs, Google Maps, Image Search, News, Froogle, etc on a near daily basis. (Not to mention the search engine.) But I wouldn’t pay anything if they charged. A lot of the alternatives are inferior, but “free” goes a long way towards making up the difference.

5

Pay for Google services? Like that will ever happen.

6

I use Google search (and the Firefox toolbar), and Google Maps (don’t use Google Earth so much anymore). I may one day find a use for Google Wave.

I’d pay a little for them if I saw a must-have need. But really I use most of Google for convenience, rather than necessity.

7

Voted $5, but the more I think about I think if actually faced with having to go back to the days of altavista and hotmail, I think I would cave and pay just about anything within reason.

8

I use SO MANY Google services*. I’d happily splosh out $20 a month for them. I’ve already paid $5 a year for an extra 20Gb on Picasaweb and Gmail.

Gmail (also as a “cloud” mailserver for several domains, provided free via Dreamhost)
Picasa
Picasaweb
Google Desktop
Google Analytics
Google Documents
Google Wave (wouldn’t pay for that, mind you)
Latitude (that’s just a gimmick so I don’t need it)
Gmaps (plus iPhone app and mashups)
Google Earth (plus iPhone app)
Google Talk
Probably many more but I forget.

9

I love Google services, but I’m not so in love with them that I’d pay. Google maps is way better than Mapquest, and I like Google better than Bing, etc. but I still wouldn’t pay.

10

I’d find a free alternative - I’m such a skinflint, really.

11

I’d pay $10 per month, possibly more. Gmail, Google Maps (I’m addicted to Street View), and Google Earth are necessities.