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Why not use iCloud’s private email feature to generate a new email that forwards to your regular email for these purposes?
by voisin 5y ago
Why not use iCloud’s private email feature to generate a new email that forwards to your regular email for these purposes?
- 7steps2much 5y agoJust my personal opinion, but the reason I got a domain to start with was to not be dependent on a specific provider. Also, it's is far nicer to be able to simply sign up to a website with company@example.com than go generate a random email. Especially if you are on another device.
- M5x7wI3CmbEem10 5y agodoesn't this lock you in with the domain provider? google domains or whatever you use
- neoromantique 5y agoYou can migrate your domain to a different registrar
- encryptluks2 5y agoUsing a custom domain is precisely to prevent lockin that you are getting with many of these alias providers. If you don't own the domain then you can't migrate to a different provider.
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- domlaut 5y agoI use an email like this for our ISP at home -- one time I was asked what the email on the account was. Much easier to remember and dictate something like comcast@surname.com than one of Apple's "Hide my email" emails.
- encryptluks2 5y agoIt sounds great in practice, but unless you are using something psuedorandom, then I can already guess you may have a domain at chase@surname.com or facebook@surname.com. It may be convenient but certainly takes away some of the work if someone wants to target you.
- crossroadsguy 5y agoNo, that’s losing control. Though it’d me nice to have more email providers who support this like Fastmail does (inside their mail client iirc), or even better the way iCloud private mail seems to be doing or duck.com I’ve heard probably does. Though I doubt my provider mailbox.org will even try to do it.
- Gareth321 5y agoIf you ever migrate away from iCloud, you lose all of those custom addresses. Using even one immediately locks you into iCloud for life. This is a sobering prospect in our age of "one wrong word and we'll ban you from our service."