“Squarespace says it will “honor all existing Google Domains customers’ renewal prices for at least 12 months following the closing of the transaction,” which is expected to occur in Q3 2023.”
Google is handing roughly 10 million domains to Squarespace, a company none of those customers chose. Renewal prices are guaranteed for 12 months, which tells you what happens in month 13. Google Domains left beta in 2022 and is gone a year later. Squarespace also gets three years as the exclusive registrar for Workspace signups, so Google still collects while it walks away.