Because a re-pricing would indicate a change in the way google intends to realize revenue from the service. Right now they are saying they don’t see a difference in usage pattern between one user and 5 users on a per user basis. If that analysis changes, they will likely change the signup terms across the board, as their metric is profit-per-user, not profitability in a vacuum. For every single user using 1PB they need over a thousand users to pay a monthly fee and use zero storage before the metrics don’t work.
Well, I wasn’t talking to you. But since you bring it up, you’re actually about as wrong as humanly possible. If someone is flagrantly abusing a service that I use (rely on?) and I have explicit evidence that similar abuse has lead to broad ramifications in the past, I have every right to point that out.
It’s not passing judgment to call out that user for basically bragging about abusing the terms of service, and then coming here to advertise it. It’s simply stating facts. If you find those facts offensive, perhaps that should tell you something.
If you can’t afford the cost of your own storage, don’t expect anyone else to subsidize you. Acting as if you have a right to be a free rider is disappointing. ESPECIALLY since the potential consequences would dirrctly impact the utility of the specific piece of software this forum exists to support—and to which many people have devoted significant time and energy. For free. And for your personal gain.
Essentially you are saying that you have zero respect for anyone who has contributed their own time to building a product you use. In other words, you deserve free stuff, but no one else does.
And apparently google owes you tens of thousands of dollars of free storage? Not sure how or why you think you can do whatever you want and your actions will have no consequences, but I think the word to describe that is “selfish.”
Hopefully Google takes a different stance than Amazon and simply terminates individual accounts instead of discontinuing the product all together.
Whether your mind works this way or not, just realize the consequences of such abuse take a direct toll on others, both regular users like you, and those who have given you ancillary software of their own goodwill (i.e. for free).