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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Vanguard ‘nickel-and-dimes Grandma’ after 49 years without junk fees  Yahoo Finance Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]New target in Biden administration’s war on junk fees: mortgage closing costs  Yahoo Finance Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Google Considers Fees for AI-Fueled Search Features, FT Says  Bloomberg Google set to charge for internet searches with AI, reports say  The Guardian Google might make users pay for AI features in search results  Ars Technica Source link

When the spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) were set for release in early 2024, the main metric many looked at to differentiate the many options was the expense ratio or the amount of fees charged by the ETF sponsor. For some, the fees were relatively low, but others, such as Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC), were high. This difference became apparent when GBTC began experiencing huge outflows after its ETF was converted from a futures-linked ETF to a spot ETF. Many who had invested in GBTC when… Source link

Image Credits: Budrul Chukrut/SOPA Images/LightRocket / Getty Images Microsoft has revealed that it, too, will allow business customers to transfer data out of its Azure cloud infrastructure with no “egress fees” attached, following hot on the heels of similar moves by cloud rivals AWS and Google. While Microsoft positions the announcement as a voluntary pro-customer move, the fact that it was quietly revealed with little fanfare via a short blog post might suggest… Source link

Yesterday Google outlined the changes it will make to comply with the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) that goes into effect starting today. One important detail it left out, however, was whether it would charge developers who directed users outside the Play Store to sideload apps — and if so, how much. Now, Google has revealed that it will indeed charge developers even if they don’t use the Play Store, just like Apple did with the App Store. Per new details found in the Play Console help… Source link

Image Credits: MANJUNATH KIRAN / AFP / Getty Images Google has warned it will begin removing apps in India from its Play Store if developers do not comply with its billing policies, taking a definitive step on a three-year matter in what is the company’s largest market by users. The Android-maker said that 10 companies in the country, including “many well-established” names it did not disclose, had avoided paying fees despite benefiting from the platform. Google said… Source link

Image Credits: https://techcrunch.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=2216465&action=edit / Getty Images Google today announced that it’ll stop charging Google Cloud customers a fee to migrate their data to another cloud provider or on-premise datacenter, effective immediately. Customers using Google Cloud services including BigQuery, Cloud Bigtable, Cloud SQL, Cloud Storage, Datastore, Filestore, Spanner and Persistent Disk are eligible for free transfers out of Google Cloud —… Source link

“Starting today, Google Cloud customers who wish to stop using Google Cloud and migrate their data to another cloud provider and/or on premises, can take advantage of free network data transfer to migrate their data out of Google Cloud,” Amit Zavery, a Google cloud vice president, wrote in the post. “This applies to all customers globally.”  While Zavery didn’t name any specific vendors, data transfer fees are a profitable source of revenue for tech companies and can serve to reduce churn… Source link

The cost of switching between cloud-computing providers has long drawn complaints, with the services derided as “roach motels” that let businesses check in but not out. Now Alphabet Inc.’s Google is taking steps to change that. Effective immediately, the company is eliminating fees levied on customers who want to leave its cloud for a rival service — a policy shift that may pressure competitors Amazon.com Inc. and Microsoft Corp. to do the same. Source link