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> The beauty of how e.g. email is decentralized is that I can change email provider and still get to talk to everybody I used to over email - without having to
by hypertele-Xii 5y ago
> The beauty of how e.g. email is decentralized is that I can change email provider and still get to talk to everybody I used to over email - without having to convince them to switch.
If Google blocks your email address as spam, how exactly are you going to talk to everybody on Gmail, regardless of actual mail server provider to that address?
- coldtea 5y agoMy point wasn't about being "blocked as spam" though, but about wanting out of Gmail or having your Gmail account closed. That said, if Google marks your email as spam, you can create an alias and send email as that, or create a different email account - same as they can if their previous provider throws them out, folds, and so on. You still get to email your gmail-using friends.