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Maybe a bit contrarian but the best move might not be to move away for google unless the main driver is data privacy. If you just don't want to risk being lock
by msh 5y ago
Maybe a bit contrarian but the best move might not be to move away for google unless the main driver is data privacy.
If you just don't want to risk being locked out its more important to keep access to your data these would be the steps:
- Get your own domain for email. If google locks you out you can just point it to somewhere else.
- Set google takeout to make monthly backups (automatically) of your email, photos and so on to google drive.
- Install desktop google drive on your computer. Set it to fully mirror all your files locally/offline. Then if google locks you out you will still have access to your files and photo/email backups. Bonus points for having a desktop mail app that keeps your email locally.
The lockout problem is not unique to google, can happen with most providers.
- hbn 5y agoThe issue with being locked out isn't just losing your data. It's also the fact that it's gonna likely cause a huge mess across all the accounts on other websites associated with that email account, if you're not locked out of them entirely. If you use an email provider that lets you use your own custom domain, and use that as your primary email address on all of those sites and one day the provider decides to purge you off their site, the domain still belongs to you, so you can jump to a new service, point it at the same address, and all your internet accounts are none the wiser.