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[–] biofaust@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

And that's why I set up forwarding from Gmail and Outlook to my new Tuta account.

In a few months I should be free, happily paying for EU alternative were the default swipe gesture stands for delete instead of archive.

[–] MajesticElevator@lemmy.zip 9 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Forwarding in itself doesn’t do shit as they still have your mail

But yea if you want to avoid Google's website that’s nice I guess

I would also use a mail alias service so you get more privacy and can switch mail host whenever you want

[–] biofaust@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Both of the services have the option to delete all forwarded messages. This is simply the best first step in order to be able to review what accounts still work with the old addresses (via inbox rules) and slowly change them. I use addy.io for mail aliasing already, but that is not really related to gaining independence from those companies.

[–] MajesticElevator@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Your data goes through them. Some scanning could have already been done, and data has been sent. Sure it’s better than nothing, but it’s not better than fully switching