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The sooner you start, the better. I've moved most of my email/contacts/calendar away [0], and the longer you give yourself to catch the things you've signed up
by guitarbill 7y ago
The sooner you start, the better. I've moved most of my email/contacts/calendar away [0], and the longer you give yourself to catch the things you've signed up for but forgotten, the better. Youtube was also a pain, but I transitioned my subscriptions manually to a different account. Maps seems like it'd be the trickiest if you're invested. I wasn't a heavy user, and maps still works pretty good when you're logged out.
[0] I use fastmail + custom domain, which works great, but you have to guard the domain very closely.
- vageli 7y ago> [0] I use fastmail + custom domain, which works great, but you have to guard the domain very closely. What do you mean by guarding the domain? To prevent large volumes of spam?
- LostJourneyman 7y agoI think OP means that you have to make sure you don't forget to/neglect to renew it and make sure you don't accidentally lose the domain for any reason.
- guitarbill 7y agospot on, basically you now have to worry about the domain being lost or hijacked also. for me, the flexibility to change email providers behind a domain is worth it though
- vageli 7y agoThank you for the clarification. I use a dedicated card for domain hosting (with autorenewal enabled) to prevent this specific issue but I recognize most people likely don't do the same.
- mxuribe 7y ago> you have to guard the domain very closely I'm intrigued by this, would you kindly share more on this!?!
- pault 7y agoIt means if you slip up and lose your domain, nobody can send you email (including 2FA, reset password, add a new email to your account, etc). You can imagine how inconvenient that would be. I use fastmail with a custom domain and that scenario gives me nightmares.
- epicide 7y agoMostly off-topic, but related: this is one of the major reasons email needs to finally go away. It was never intended to be the backbone of peoples lives in the way it has become. Access to my email account probably gives you more access to my life and identity than my SSN [0]. I long for the day that we [1] all get assigned a public/private keypair instead of SSNs. That won't fix everything, but it's a huge step above a shared secret that is limited to 9 digits [2]. [0]: Even without signing up for a bunch of services, it's basically impossible at this point (at least in the US) to not have an email address associated with your bank account, car loan, mortgage, credit card, or even just watching TV. [1]: "We" meaning "US citizens" or anyone else with a similar system. [2]: I realize you also need info about the person and not just their number, but also apply that to keypairs.
- kardos 7y ago> I long for the day that we [1] all get assigned a public/private keypair instead of SSNs. What is the remedy for when someone loses or leaks their keypair?