Ask HN: Google Mail for Domain is Not Free?

I setup my first Google Apps account with the free version - my domain deep-bay.com is still on this free plan (and I guess will be forever more).

That said, I've paid for every subsequent Apps account as I think it's still the best online productivity suite out there.

On December 7, 2012 Google discontinued the free version of Google Apps.

Previous domains that had the free version still are free. But new domains now have a per-user fee.