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Fastmail's masked email, in addition to iCloud's hide my email, are great alternatives to massaging your address with a . or a + ... Both of those require payme
by ppetty 4y ago
Fastmail's masked email, in addition to iCloud's hide my email, are great alternatives to massaging your address with a . or a + ... Both of those require payment. I'm really really happy with Fastmail (and use iCloud too), but wonder what the allure of Gmail still is (other than cost)?
- TeMPOraL 4y ago> what the allure of Gmail still is (other than cost)? You need one to use Play Store on Android. At least I think you need a GMail one. Even if not, the Play Store and the Android OS itself make it seem like you need one, from the second you turn a brand new phone on. The funneling is quite heavy here. (Heavy enough that almost everyone in my family uses a GMail account mostly just for the Play Store. My wife and I pay for Fastmail, some of other members of my immediate family have primary e-mail with a local free mail provider, but everyone found it easier to use an old (or make a new) Google account with their Android phones, instead of figuring out how to make it work with non-Google e-mail.)
- viscountchocula 4y agoNo, you need a Google account, but that can use an email address from any domain.
- jeroenhd 4y agoYou can create a Google account with any domain. I've got a Google account for my Outlook address and a Microsoft account for my Gmail address. This greatly confuses the Gmail and Outlook web UI but the accounts work.
- benhurmarcel 4y agoDuckDuckGo offers the same service for free if you prefer.