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Google confirms Gmail is “here to stay” amid speculation over plans to scrap the email service (www.itpro.com)

submitted 8 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Google confirms Gmail is “here to stay” amid speculation over plans to scrap the email service::Claims that Google plans to sunset Gmail were a hoax, so there's no need to panic

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[–] gusgalarnyk@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Thank you for this recommendation, I'll look into switching. It's a slow process of moving towards less convenient but more private services but your comment has moved the needle for me at least.

[–] swampdownloader@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It takes a little bit of effort but it’s a great time to do the following:

get a password manager if you don’t have one already. I like 1password
get an alias service. Proton bought simplelogin so it’s integrated, there’s also anonaddy
gradually work through updating your online accounts from your old gmail to new aliases for each account (eg ebay@alias.domain.com) and set a complex password through your password manager that’s unique for each account

In a couple months you’ll eventually stop receiving emails to your gmail as you work through the accounts you use, and most incoming mail will all be through aliases. Then if you get spammed, you know what site leaked your email + you can turn off the alias and not get spam.

[–] fruitSnackSupreme@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Wait wait! You're saying proton lets you use aliases? As many as I'd like?

I guess Gmail does too, if you do the ole youremail+ebay@gmail.com. But not all websites allow the +

[–] swampdownloader@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 8 months ago

Proton integrates directly with simplelogin. But you can use gmail for aliases with anonaddy or simplelogin, they just forward the alias emails to your real inbox.

[–] THE_MASTERMIND@feddit.ch 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Less convenient

What are you talking about ? If anything proton is more convenient.

[–] gusgalarnyk@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I think part of convenience is name brand recognition. I don't know how you took a heartfelt compliment and made it hostile, but the reality is I grew up knowing what Google was and using it as a verb. Gmail was an obvious and convenient tool to pickup.

I just found out about Protonmail, or at least heard of it for the first time that it broke the barrier of not-caring into carrying. I imagine user numbers reflect that pretty readily.

That's all I'm saying. I'm not saying Protonmail is worse in anyway, please don't assume I am. It's okay to like a product and admit it's flaws, in this case the only flaw I'm suggesting it has is being less known than Gmail and even then only for me and my small corner of the world.

[–] THE_MASTERMIND@feddit.ch 5 points 8 months ago

Bruh i thought you were thinking proton mail maybe inconveniant to use that's why i corrected you . Sorry if i sounded hostile the problem is whenever people think of privacy they think like its for the paranoid ones and must be tough. I just wanted to clear it up for you.