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Shutting down Inbox was the last drop in an already full bucket of Google failures that pushed me to start migrating everything Google that I am using currently

by ssijak 8y ago

Shutting down Inbox was the last drop in an already full bucket of Google failures that pushed me to start migrating everything Google that I am using currently to other services. For email/calendar/contacts, I am currently evaluating Fastmail. I like it for now, simple and fast and I like the multiple domains and aliases feature that I need. I also like how they represent them, they are just providing service for the money, nothing else is happening with our data, no ads, etc..

lowlevel 8y ago
There is some old saying about eggs and a basket that I think is appropriate here... but I'de have to google it.
songgao 8y ago
I migrated to Fastmail from Google Apps a couple years ago. When Inbox came around, I moved everything back to google. While Fastmail is a wonderful service, I don’t think it has the features that Inbox provides. so I’m not sure it’d be a good alternative to Inbox.
- ssijak 8y ago
  What will you do now when Inbox is dead?
  - songgao 8y ago
    Not sure. I’m like everybody else looking for good alternatives here :)
- branchless 8y ago
  It's actually a little pricey. I'm in $CAD so $5/month/user would bite. I would like to have 4 for my family. Do I want to take on a recurring bill of $20 USD A month? Feels steep. I appreciate this stuff isn't free, but at scale it feels it could be cheaper. I guess not or they'd have rivals. I guess also this is the problem with "free" (you are the product).
flamtap 8y ago
I went from Inbox to Fastmail about six months ago, more due to data privacy concerns, but that's not necessarily important here. Fastmail is a great service that I'm very happy with so far, but you will have to set up your own "bundling" if you want that feature. I have found the Fastmail rules configurator to be easy enough to use and set up. For example, anything from '*@amazon.com' goes into "Purchases", anything from 'mom@email.com' goes into "Family", various mailing lists go into "Newsletters", etc. All the other stuff gets archived. The rules configurator is much more comprehensive than this, but I haven't found a need to filter by much more than domain name yet. Their stance on privacy is great, their phone app is slick, their calendars and file storage get the job done and are at least as good as their Google counterparts. It's very easy to set up forwarding and replies from your gmail address as well. I am happy to pay for their service and plan to keep using it for the foreseeable future.

by ssijak 8y ago

lowlevel 8y ago

There is some old saying about eggs and a basket that I think is appropriate here... but I'de have to google it.

songgao 8y ago

I migrated to Fastmail from Google Apps a couple years ago. When Inbox came around, I moved everything back to google. While Fastmail is a wonderful service, I don’t think it has the features that Inbox provides. so I’m not sure it’d be a good alternative to Inbox.

ssijak 8y ago
What will you do now when Inbox is dead?
- songgao 8y ago
  Not sure. I’m like everybody else looking for good alternatives here :)
branchless 8y ago
It's actually a little pricey. I'm in $CAD so $5/month/user would bite. I would like to have 4 for my family. Do I want to take on a recurring bill of $20 USD A month? Feels steep. I appreciate this stuff isn't free, but at scale it feels it could be cheaper. I guess not or they'd have rivals. I guess also this is the problem with "free" (you are the product).

flamtap 8y ago

I went from Inbox to Fastmail about six months ago, more due to data privacy concerns, but that's not necessarily important here. Fastmail is a great service that I'm very happy with so far, but you will have to set up your own "bundling" if you want that feature. I have found the Fastmail rules configurator to be easy enough to use and set up. For example, anything from '*@amazon.com' goes into "Purchases", anything from 'mom@email.com' goes into "Family", various mailing lists go into "Newsletters", etc. All the other stuff gets archived. The rules configurator is much more comprehensive than this, but I haven't found a need to filter by much more than domain name yet. Their stance on privacy is great, their phone app is slick, their calendars and file storage get the job done and are at least as good as their Google counterparts. It's very easy to set up forwarding and replies from your gmail address as well. I am happy to pay for their service and plan to keep using it for the foreseeable future.