In my experience it makes people ask the same questions over and over.

> Slack’s limited search history

I'm sure that I don't know what you mean. My employer is on a paid plan for Slack, and searches cover everything, as far back as I wish to go. Are you thinking of the limitations on the free license?

Yes I mean free version which was good enough.

The other great thing about slack is that anyone from company can start an account without IT’s approval…

Well, I would call that rather disingenuous, because "free trial Slack" is certainly not the default for businesses which actually depend on it, and it's not about search capability at all: it's about retention of data.

I’d argue a ton of slack business users were converted organically from free plans, but I have nothing to prove it with