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Just curious here... what is wrong with gmail? What does the open-source alternative have that gmail doesnt?

• moreentropy 11y ago
  Self hosted. Not hosted in the US. Sadly that's increasingly becoming an important aspect for the rest of the world.
  • vblord 11y ago
    Ahh... that makes sense.
  • nickpsecurity 11y ago
    Let's remember Gmail's primary business model is snooping and selling out customers. Best to not do business with such companies, esp if you have valuable data. Self-hosting was a great idea even before the Snowden leaks made it a better idea.
    • moreentropy 11y ago
      Google's business model is about data mining and targeted advertising, not about selling someone's private, identifiable data. That's a big difference. Actually I trust Google more than anyone else that they do everything they can to keep anyone's private data private. The problem is that that doesn't help when a government agency walks in with a secret court order, be it legitimate or illegitimate. That's why european end users (and corporations w/ valuable IP) walk away from US based cloud providers or even want to go back to being all self hosted. You can't be 100% sure about your data safety with them and you'll be in deep trouble with your own customers if a data breach - be it lawful under US law, but not under european law - should happen.
      • nickpsecurity 11y ago
        That's what they tell us and their main model. I'd have to carefully read the ToS to be sure. And regularly.