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As a Fastmail user, every time I have to use Gmail for work I'm aggravated by the absolute stupid UX of it which seems to have been thoroughly ruined around the
by lloeki 4mo ago
As a Fastmail user, every time I have to use Gmail for work I'm aggravated by the absolute stupid UX of it which seems to have been thoroughly ruined around the Material Design era; it also seems to be unable to handle basic operations such as mass mark read or delete, or search.
Fastmail handles the same things with aplomb and has much better screen real estate usage, for one.
The only thing I kind of want with Fastmail is if it had some EU-based datacenter.
- jorisw 4mo agoI went with Fastmail just because it's not hosted in the US (they're in Australia)
- defrost 4mo agoAll the comfort of the hemisphere least likely to suffer nuclear fallout coupled with the familiar warm embracing hug of the five eyes security panopticon.
- jorisw 4mo agoYes
- tiimbz 4mo agoFastmail is an Australian company, but their servers are located in the US [0] [0] https://www.fastmail.help/hc/en-us/articles/1500000280221-How-Fastmail-provides-a-secure-service#physicalsecurity https://www.fastmail.help/hc/en-us/articles/1500000280221-Ho...
- Citizen_Lame 4mo agoThey are hosted in the US, legal entity is in Australia, so nothing was gained.
- thisislife2 4mo agoUnfortunately, I remember reading that Australia now has weak privacy laws: > The Telecommunications Assistance and Access Bill (TAAB or AssAccess) require technology companies like FastMail, Google, Apple, Cisco to provide Australian law enforcement and security agencies with access to all communications without any judicial oversight, transparency, or reason. The only restrictions offered to protect people’s privacy is the vague terms “reasonable and proportionate.” Source: https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/goodbye-fastmail.html https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/goodbye-fastmail.html
- ymolodtsov 4mo agoWhat issues do you see? I've never had issue with any mass operation there.