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I find it odd how so many tech involved people here use gmail - are privacy concerns not a concern for them?

I moved to mailbox.org years ago. Pay a few pounds a year for private email with webtools and drive and don't have google snooping my emails and sending me targeted ads.


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lukanyesterday at 8:47 PM

Convenience. Also I don't really communicate private stuff over gmail, I have signal for that.

danielhepyesterday at 8:49 PM

I did the same except switched to fastmail. I love it, it’s such a great service.

AgentMEyesterday at 9:58 PM

Gmail stopped using email contents for ad targeting in 2017.