# If you had to pay for all the Google services you use, how much would you pay? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 10, 2010, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-pay-for-all-the-google-services-you-use-how-much-would-you-pay/528370 "2010-02-10T03:19:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rumor\_Watkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@Rumor\_Watkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rumor_Watkins)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-pay-for-all-the-google-services-you-use-how-much-would-you-pay/528370/1 "2010-02-10T03:19:46Z")
(No, I’m not a market researcher for GOOG making super-stealthy inquiries as a prelude to charging for google’s services) \*\* 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 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-pay-for-all-the-google-services-you-use-how-much-would-you-pay/528370/2 "2010-02-10T03:31:44Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-pay-for-all-the-google-services-you-use-how-much-would-you-pay/528370/3 "2010-02-10T04:19:35Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-pay-for-all-the-google-services-you-use-how-much-would-you-pay/528370/4 "2010-02-10T04:51:25Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-pay-for-all-the-google-services-you-use-how-much-would-you-pay/528370/5 "2010-02-10T06:04:08Z")
Pay for Google services? Like [that](http://answers.google.com/answers/) will ever happen. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-pay-for-all-the-google-services-you-use-how-much-would-you-pay/528370/6 "2010-02-10T06:26:27Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Gustav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/919ad9/32.png) [@Gustav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gustav)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-pay-for-all-the-google-services-you-use-how-much-would-you-pay/528370/7 "2010-02-10T11:12:15Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-pay-for-all-the-google-services-you-use-how-much-would-you-pay/528370/8 "2010-02-10T11:17:20Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-pay-for-all-the-google-services-you-use-how-much-would-you-pay/528370/9 "2010-02-10T13:19:05Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-pay-for-all-the-google-services-you-use-how-much-would-you-pay/528370/10 "2010-02-10T13:52:26Z")
I’d find a free alternative - I’m such a skinflint, really. ---
**Author:** ![kenner116](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@kenner116](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenner116)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-pay-for-all-the-google-services-you-use-how-much-would-you-pay/528370/11 "2010-02-10T14:01:56Z")
I’d pay $10 per month, possibly more. Gmail, Google Maps (I’m addicted to Street View), and Google Earth are necessities.