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it is why i refuse to use almost all google products. my one exception is gmail, which is impossible to get away from. i once had google emailing me every sing

it is why i refuse to use almost all google products. my one exception is gmail, which is impossible to get away from. i once had google emailing me every single week to bother me about trying out GCP (i used it at work and nearly got certified for that company so i didn't need to scope it out). they offered hundreds or thousands in free credits. well now, you are trying to give me many free dollars, but i have an issue. i couldn't get Google's captcha to work. So i said if you can put me in contact with some person who can help with this very prevalent google product- then i will consider it. the answer from google is something i will never forget. it was just "we don’t offer support, sorry" why would i ever give you money? google even sent me a CR-48 for free as a tester, that's how much i used to use them. never again! (except gmail, ugh)

fsflover 2y ago
I moved from Gmail to another, paid email company by changing my preferences at each website, one by one. It took about a year without too much effort. Can't recommend enough.
jazzyjackson 2y ago
There are a lot of domain registrars that will give you a mailbox for free with purchase/transfer of a domain. Good combo if you want a custom email anyway. I can recommend infomaniak. iirc roughly same price as namecheap, but with added Swiss flavor. Download thunderbird and sign in via IMAP and bobs your uncle
- floydnoel 2y ago
  yeah that is obvious but unfortunately this is for a company email and needs to integrate with Calendly and a CRM, etc. Outlook and Gmail are the only real options. for personal use, I'm already using MX Route which i learnt about from comments here. $30/yr for unlimited domains and mailboxes. feel free to drop me a message to check how it works! cto@floydnoel.com for personal use the last G product i am stuck with is Google Voice. not sure of a good replacement for that if you have any recs.

fsflover 2y ago

I moved from Gmail to another, paid email company by changing my preferences at each website, one by one. It took about a year without too much effort. Can't recommend enough.

jazzyjackson 2y ago

There are a lot of domain registrars that will give you a mailbox for free with purchase/transfer of a domain. Good combo if you want a custom email anyway. I can recommend infomaniak. iirc roughly same price as namecheap, but with added Swiss flavor. Download thunderbird and sign in via IMAP and bobs your uncle

floydnoel 2y ago
yeah that is obvious but unfortunately this is for a company email and needs to integrate with Calendly and a CRM, etc. Outlook and Gmail are the only real options. for personal use, I'm already using MX Route which i learnt about from comments here. $30/yr for unlimited domains and mailboxes. feel free to drop me a message to check how it works! cto@floydnoel.com for personal use the last G product i am stuck with is Google Voice. not sure of a good replacement for that if you have any recs.