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Gmail is bad in lots of ways but it is free. It's a case of "What do you want for nothing?". Outlook OTOH is something that a business usually pays for. Someon
by upofadown 7y ago
Gmail is bad in lots of ways but it is free. It's a case of "What do you want for nothing?".
Outlook OTOH is something that a business usually pays for. Someone should be able to walk into that business and do a presentation for something that just blows Outlook away. But that never happens, even these days when Microsoft is not the monopoly it used to be.
- burrows 7y agoIt’s not free. The price/payment operations are hidden. “Free” is a magical-marketing-mind-control-incantation.
- dylan604 7y ago>Gmail is bad in lots of ways but it is free. While gmail may not cost users money, it is far from free. The average Joey Beercan just doesn't understand that the actual cost is hidden. I'm not sure if the exact cost that G has had on society is/can be fully understood
- leephillips 7y agoI use mutt, which is free (and open source). Mutt knows how to thread properly, and gives me control over threading, as well. So I'm always confused about people's explanation for why top-posting is better, until I remember that they're probably using something like Gmail.
- PaulDavisThe1st 7y agoIf only gmail was free. I made a mistake some years ago and accidentally dropped out of the "free" category. It now costs me US$12/month (along with whatever other gapps i want, mostly). No way to go back (without using a new email address; since I own my own domain, that's not happening).
- jdofaz 7y agoIf you use google as your registrar they will forward to gmail (or anywhere) for free.
- PaulDavisThe1st 7y agoI don't think fixes it. Once you fall into the pay-for-google hole, I don't think you can get out of it.