Comment Not *that* different... (Score 1) 18
I don't honestly think this new policy is that shocking. From the end user's perspective, messages (and files, etc.) on free accounts were effectively only accessible for 90 days. Slack just kept them around indefinitely in case you upgraded to a paid plan, in which case they could be made accessible again. Now it sounds like they're just reserving the right to eventually delete them -- but only after a year (a significant grace period given that, again, you can only see the last three months).
This really doesn't seem like that big of a change -- surely anyone who needed this would have already upgraded to a paid plan, and even if you don't, there's still quite a bit of leeway.