On 06/01/2021 15:42, Mark Murphy wrote:
On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 05:16 PM, Samuel Murray wrote:
And like I said in a previous mail: one should realise that the new
pricing structure means that Groups.io is no longer meant for most
groups, and that Google Groups may be a better solution for many groups.
I'm not sure what you mean that Groups.io is "no longer meant for most groups" or "Google Groups may be a better solution for many groups"? Can you be more specific about "most" and "many"?
I used "most" and "many" since I don't know the exact numbers :-)
With Groups.io, the price for 100 members is $0 and the price for 101 members is $220, and the group gets locked as soon as it hits 101.
This makes Groups.io suited for free groups that aim to have no more than around 75 members and for paid groups of any size. In my opinion, most potential groups are not in either of those categories.
Hence my statement that Groups.io is no longer meant for most groups. If anyone considers starting a group, but they don't want to pay for it and they don't want to limit it to 75-100 members, then Google Groups seems like a good alternative.
To put it differently, Groups.io is reducing its scope or its intended user base to a very narrow band of potential customers. And that is fine -- I **don't** have a problem with it -- but it may be a good idea to make this clear in documentation that is intended to help people.
Samuel
Samuel Murray