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It'll probably need to be a generational thing to overcome Google's tentacles. My parents are stuck on their ISP's email, I was stuck on GMail (but fighting to

by cube00 5y ago

It'll probably need to be a generational thing to overcome Google's tentacles. My parents are stuck on their ISP's email, I was stuck on GMail (but fighting to get out). Anyone I warn about Google's lockout horror stories think it won't happen to them because they're playing by the terms of service. The next generation will hopefully be on their own personal domains as we should have been from the beginning. I'll admit I used think, "I'm saving $10 a year not paying for a domain, I'm a thrift genius!"

Gareth321 5y ago
>My parents are stuck on their ISP's email, I was stuck on GMail (but fighting to get out). Anyone I warn about Google's lockout horror stories think it won't happen to them because they're playing by the terms of service. I regale everyone I know with Google lockout horror stories in the vain hope that they will switch. No one ever does. I've spent the last year migrating services from my Gmail account to my personal domain, but it's a huge PITA, and I feel like I'm only 30% there. The only thing which keeps me going is the sinking feeling in my stomach I get when I imagine how fucked I would be if I lost access to my email address. It's still not turnkey enough to buy a domain and use an email provider. There are multiple gates to climb through and they are often technical in nature. Just trying to understand how a domain works, where to buy it, how to host it, and how to plug that into an email provider is beyond 95% of the public. There needs to be some better vertical integration, but as it stands, the best domain marketplaces and hosts are not the best email providers, and vice versa.
Bilal_io 5y ago
What I would love to see in the future is for email addresses to be like phone numbers, they transfer with you as you move to different email providers along with your data. Whether you're using a public domain or your own custom domain. It would be nice to start by finding a way to allow email@domain.xyz ownership in a decentralized way.

by cube00 5y ago

Gareth321 5y ago

>My parents are stuck on their ISP's email, I was stuck on GMail (but fighting to get out). Anyone I warn about Google's lockout horror stories think it won't happen to them because they're playing by the terms of service. I regale everyone I know with Google lockout horror stories in the vain hope that they will switch. No one ever does. I've spent the last year migrating services from my Gmail account to my personal domain, but it's a huge PITA, and I feel like I'm only 30% there. The only thing which keeps me going is the sinking feeling in my stomach I get when I imagine how fucked I would be if I lost access to my email address. It's still not turnkey enough to buy a domain and use an email provider. There are multiple gates to climb through and they are often technical in nature. Just trying to understand how a domain works, where to buy it, how to host it, and how to plug that into an email provider is beyond 95% of the public. There needs to be some better vertical integration, but as it stands, the best domain marketplaces and hosts are not the best email providers, and vice versa.

Bilal_io 5y ago

What I would love to see in the future is for email addresses to be like phone numbers, they transfer with you as you move to different email providers along with your data. Whether you're using a public domain or your own custom domain. It would be nice to start by finding a way to allow email@domain.xyz ownership in a decentralized way.