Wtf? Since when is Gmail an obligation? I know a lot of people who don’t own one, and use other providers
And apart from that, you can have a preferred mail host while still having an old Gmail. Gmail used to scan emails and I believe I have heard they’re starting again for their IA thing
Korne127@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Yeah, no. There are many good examples of this, where you just have to use something and still criticize it. But Gmail is like the farthest away from that you can be. There are thousands of alternatives, and of which you can choose, and get basically exactly the same experience. It’s an open federated protocol; there is no reason at all to stay at the single worst instance that tries to monopolize the whole protocol and uses your data.
xorollo@leminal.space 1 day ago
Ok, but-- even once you transition to a new service the old addresses are embedded in all kinds of places, user forums, documentation, git commits, etc. Just setting up and using a different service doesn’t make that go away.