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The fact that so many people who otherwise care about things like privacy, freedom, and competition all flocked to gmail anyway always seemed completely bananas
by notacoward 8y ago
The fact that so many people who otherwise care about things like privacy, freedom, and competition all flocked to gmail anyway always seemed completely bananas to me. It's like a case study in how principle (or even long term self-interest) always loses to convenience.
- AlexandrB 8y agoI'm guilty as charged. I even sought out a Gmail Beta* invite back in the day. At the time I was naive and believed Google's "don't be evil" marketing. *I later also sought out a Google+ Beta invite. That one is harder to justify with just naïveté.
- jschwartzi 8y agoMany of us did this back in the day, and now we're stuck with our gmail addresses.
- minimaul 8y agoNo, you're not. It might be a pain to move, but it is certainly possible, and it's certainly worth the effort.
- username223 8y agoJust be grateful you aren't stuck with a Yahoo address ;-). Owning your own domain name(s) is worth a few bucks a month.