Same here- they've raised their prices on me, while their AI actively makes my experience worse, not better.

Totally agree. At the very very very least it should be opt-in.-

Cheap and easy way to claw back your capex ofloading the pain to your subscribed victims ... er ... customers.-

Not nice. Definitely not nice.-

And, like many here say: On top of which, the actual features are an UX regression.-

Google are pushing their luck - I never have used any "AI features" in my workspace subscriptions, and probably never will (I really just need basic email).

Also worth mentioning Google's arrogance of not citing current price and new price in the email about the price hike. Google should be upfront and forthcoming with this info. The email is literally about a price change, yet they chose not to include the (old, nor new) price! (I had to ask grok).

Not impressed, and this might be enough to push me to explore alternatives.

Business starter: from 5,20€ to 8,10€ in 1,5 years. That's a 56% price increase, wtf, I haven't noticed any added value. Moving to proton