15+ years ago, this is how it all started:
I had just managed to register a domain for my family name, so I went for it. The Google 'ecosystem' has served us extremely well - GMail is still my favourite way of doing email, Google Docs is working great for all office related work and is used by my daughters extensively for school and university, Google Drive, Google Photos - all good solutions for everyday use.
We are using 4 Chromebooks. 4 Chromeboxes, 3 Android phones, Chromecasts, Nest Hub and Speakers across the family.
Yesterday I found out (through Twitter, still have not received any emails yet) that Google no longer wants to offer this service:
I can't complain having received a free service for 15+ years, but moving to Google Workspace is not an option. This is a family domain, given the amount of data the cost of $50 per month is simply too much. Also, there are services like Google One, Youtube Family subscription, Stadia and some Nest features that are not available to Workspace accounts, so switching to GMail accounts is a good idea, anyway.
I have had a GMail backup account all along, but switching or mixing accounts with Android and ChromeOS is not a fun excercise.
It looks like Google's perspective is "upgrade or you're on your own!", so I'll use this blog to collect my approach. From my initial experience this is not a good path if you have a lot of accounts - but maybe it helps people in similar situations.
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