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I switch my family email from google apps to fastmail because I got sick of the support calls every time google changed the UI, which seemed to be monthly. Fast
by sitharus 9y ago
I switch my family email from google apps to fastmail because I got sick of the support calls every time google changed the UI, which seemed to be monthly. Fastmail has been rock solid and lives up to its name.
The spam filtering isn't as good, but Google's false positive rate is atrocious
- incompatible 9y agoFastmail isn't free anymore though, it's $30 or more per year.
- toomuchtodo 9y agoGood products cost money.
- a3n 9y agoIf "cost money" means that the user pays for the product ... I didn't pay for my Linux desktop, I think it's pretty good. :) But I do pay for my Fastmail service. :) :)
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- blfr 9y agoNeither is G Suite, and it starts closer to $50 per year.
- toast0 9y agoFastmail is focused on providing a good mail experience, which is worth paying for.
- brongondwana 9y agohttps://blog.fastmail.com/2016/12/13/fastmails-values/ https://blog.fastmail.com/2016/12/13/fastmails-values/ we're really unashamed about charging money. It means we don't have to spend time working out how to trick you out of money, or convince somebody else to give us money in order to hire our staff. I did an all-staff presentation last week at our quarterly meeting - by far the majority of the money coming from our customers goes directly to paying our staff. Hiring good people costs money, and running a good system requires good people!
- ocdtrekkie 9y agoI fundamentally believe my email service is worth more to me than a Netflix subscription. It's the most important service I use, why wouldn't I pay for a good one?