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If you use email, google basically have it. A big enough proportion of your mail counter-parties use google that running your own mail-server doesn't buy you mu
by harry8 7y ago
If you use email, google basically have it. A big enough proportion of your mail counter-parties use google that running your own mail-server doesn't buy you much. The gesture is a good one and everyone should do it until google are just another tech company, I guess. But doing it now doesn't really de-google your email, sadly.
- wlesieutre 7y agoThough there are some other benefits to changing your own email provider even if Google still has copies of all your email. The big one is that Google has no support, and if you ever have a problem your only recourse is knowing someone who works there and can get your issue in front of an actual person. Other email providers (especially ones where you pay them money for the service) have actual support employees. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15989146 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15989146
- treerock 7y agoI was wondering about this. The majority of my emails are between myself and a business, currently letting google track my purchases, holidays, event booking etc by reading the responses I get. If I stopped using gmail, how would they track that kind of stuff? Few businesses are going to be using consumer level gmail.