This "announcement" is full of buzzwords and useless marketing mumbo jumbo, but doesn't say if free accounts created years ago will remain free. Can anybody please confirm?
Thankfully: "Google Apps Free Edition (legacy) remains the same"
Yeah I am also grandfathered, I have my last name as a domain. I'm surprised they don't offer a free or at least very cheap plan for personal users doing this.
Secondary markets like eBay will sometimes have some decent deals.