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For those that don't want to pay, Yandex allows you to set up a number of emails using your own domain for free.

• andrepd 6y ago
  The only thing worse I can think than having Google read your email is having Yandex read it.
  • forgotpwd16 6y ago
    The issue here isn't privacy but independence from a specific provider. If privacy is an issue as well then you should be using encryption as emails are not private.
    • dewey 6y ago
      It doesn't have to be fully trusting or not at all, there's different levels. I think using a provider you trust more (In my case Fastmail vs. Google) is a fair tradeoff. Fastmail has a pretty straight forward business model that makes sense to me so I feel like they don't have a reason to scan my emails for ad purposes or else. Of course if you are worried about some nation state looking into your emails you should encrypt them and use whatever provider.
  • sundarurfriend 6y ago
    Depends on where you are. If you're in the US, sure, there is at least the theoretical possibility of legal protection against misuse. If you're elsewhere, they're not very different, and Yandex at least doesn't already have a million other data points about you to connect with this and build a bigger picture about your life.
  • devdas 6y ago
    If you aren't in the US, then Yandex is probably safer.
    • seppin 6y ago
      Russian companies cannot refuse data requests from the Russian government. American companies can.