Is it true that CS:GO was once free?

[lordsaviour DF Member Posts:1 Threads:0 Reputation 0]

wasnt csgo but a different cs

[Dave Come here often? Posts:138 Threads:18 Reputation 16]

Nope it was always paid. lol I don't recall it EVER being free.

[deverx DF Member Posts:340 Threads:51 Reputation 9]

Done a quick google search and it appears to have not been free, ever. 
However, people were wondering whether or not it was going to be free, and well the simplest way to put it, it was not.