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An exhaustive guide to Gmail alternatives (midwest.social)
submitted 1 year ago by Banshee@midwest.social to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
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This guy can be pretty harsh at times, but he's clearly very knowledgeable..

However, not all providers have a recent review, and his priorities are skewed heavily to the "paranoid" side of the tech world. For example, he considers being able to mail cash to a provider a significant pro. The overwhelming majority of users aren't mailing cash to pay for their email.

Overall, it's good info that's worth sharing.

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[–] LucyLastic@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Laugh all you like, I've had the same AOL email address since 1997 and haven't had problems with leaked information or spam. It doesn't cost me anything, so I'm just going to carry on using it.

[–] Banshee@midwest.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm glad you like it, but I'm just going to point out that Yahoo, which the AOL privacy policy page refers to, has probably the single most invasive email policy of any major provider.

Yahoo analyzes and stores all communications content, including email content from incoming and outgoing mail. This allows us to deliver, personalize and develop relevant features, content, advertising and Services.

They allude to telemetry, and use additional tracking even when not signed in. I hate saying this, but even Google has a better privacy policy.

That's kind of the point for a lot of us who opt to pay for an email. When email is free, it's because your data is the product.

[–] LucyLastic@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

That's a shame, though being in the EU I wonder how much they're legally allowed to keep.

I guess I should make better use of my Proton mail account