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But nearly everyone who has Gmail signed up for it. We were all lazy and now we are getting what we deserve for our laziness. My official email is a gmail, I'm
by jtode 3y ago
But nearly everyone who has Gmail signed up for it. We were all lazy and now we are getting what we deserve for our laziness.
My official email is a gmail, I'm currently shopping around for who I should plan to pay for the rest of my life to handle a new one for me. It's gonna take a while, but I do not intend to let them retain the ability to turn my life off with an algorithm.
- phyrex 3y agoI’ve been a happy fastmail customer for years
- amadeuspagel 3y agoThere are plenty of reasons to make a google account other then gmail, like syncing chrome accross device or using google docs, and you get a gmail account whether you want it or not.
- herewulf 3y agoYes, but that doesn't mean you are forced to receive e-mail with it. I recently made a Google account to use Family Link so I could regulate what my kids do with their Chromebooks. I first tried the approach of making an account with a non-Google address and while this works for a lot of Google things, it didn't work for Family Link for whatever reason. So now we all have regular GMail accounts and haven't looked at the mail or used the address for a single other thing. Would be nice to not have to deal with all that but we're getting a lot of value out of the situation and the kids enjoy apps like Duolingo and Scratch Jr.
- amadeuspagel 3y agoYou weren't forced to receive e-mail with your @facebook address either.
- herewulf 3y agoI've been happy with Migadu for about a year. Their current webmail is nothing fancy but that's supposed to be updated with a new version at some point. And it's perfectly fine if you're using a traditional mail client.