But eventually you won’t have a choice. They will make they hardware entirely unaffordable.

More like you’ll access better hardware over the web with a subscription fee.

Are you all ready for subscription based PCs? Because they are going to make sure that’s the only way you can afford decent hardware.

Really they closed a loophole that allowed them to have Enterprise level email features for free.

I sympathize that none of the paths forward are ideal, but when you use loopholes (especially ones that store your employees passwords in plain text???) expect things to eventually break.

You used a bodge to make your life easier, now the bodge is broken and you have to pick up the pieces.

Only if people can find the videos.