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You're conflating the medium (newsletter) with its distribution mechanism (mass mailing). If you have the content and the destination addresses, it's trivial t
by thematrixturtle 4y ago
You're conflating the medium (newsletter) with its distribution mechanism (mass mailing). If you have the content and the destination addresses, it's trivial to switch to another provider.
- tomp 4y agoOther providers can still ban you. Switching providers sometimes requires all existing subscribers to “opt in” again. Regardless you’re still owned by a platform. Gmail ain’t gonna let you deliver 1000s of emails yourself.
- klelatti 4y ago> You're still owned by a platform. There is a clear difference between lock in to a single provider and their commercial interests and strategy and the possibility that your content might fall foul of a number of providers. For many email is a much less risky option than alternatives. Do you have a better option?
- kylecordes 4y agoOthers can ban you, but if the first band was bogus, the others probably won't ban you. Others could require everyone opt in again, but most of the email providers don't require this. People move their list to another provider all the time; very starkly different from a bunch of followers on a social platform.