Have fun. I moved to Proton years ago.
I’m out. Moving my family … including my 81 year old parents to Proton. They can do it - we have already moved to signal … no issues.
Yeah I’m at that point now too. Only issue is storage. I want to move my entire Gmail inbox but it’s too big for the free plan. Might have to cough up some dough if I can’t find a better alternative.
If you don’t need it to be in a cloud/migrate to a new mailservice you could use something like Thunderbird and store it locally on your PC.
Yeah I suppose you’re right. Good call.
I think there are tools to help you clean up your mailbox
Yeah but they data mine you as they do it I think.
My biggest blocker by far in moving away, is calendars.
My family has so many interconnected calendars (I personally have 12 on my phone right now) and I still haven’t seen that anything else can do what Google does with calendars. My entire family (minus ex wife) is using Gmail on our own domain, and the ex still has r/w access to our kids’ calendars (for noting play dates, doctor’s appts, etc).
Even syncing Google with Outlook is pure hell - in both directions - and that’s before you start adding the interference from employers’ firewalls and shit.
took us awhile with the calendars (like, over a month) but we managed
Google: We would never use your Gmail to target ads. Also Google: If you voluntarily pour your Gmail into our AI blender, whatever comes out may help target ads. Technically, we’re not reading your diary. We’re just selling billboards next to the therapist’s summary of it. Privacy by wordplay is still surveillance with better PR.
Makes me sick. We no longer have any right to privacy and they have no respect for ours. The entire digital landscape is becoming a liability.
More unfiltered bullshit in inbox just means the remaining people will leave Gmail
It’s almost like being allowed to move King to Checkmate or check or whatever. Chess, mofo.
