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Is gmail the easiest Google service to replace or what? (bookwormstory.social)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Gmail is an email service. Like the fediverse, email is federated.

By changing your email provider, do you really lose anything? You can still contact your friends, contacts and even various customer suports. You also can recieve emails from popular social media apps. If you degoogle from atleast one Google app, maybe Gmail could be the easiest and least life changing one.

While, Youtube could easilly be one of the most difficult to degoogle from. Not like literally but emotionally. Like deep down you know you can find mostly all you might need on something like Peertube but not all the entertainment media like on Youtube. You will also become a social outcast if peertube is the only app you use. You might not understand channels people mention in day to day talk from youtube or references.

If you use exclusively fediverse apps and sites, Chrome could be almost just as easy to replace as gmail, longterm. However If you use Youtube it won't surprise me that Youtube downgrades your performance and user experience in what ever means neccesary on competing browsers.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (5 children)

One look at my spam folder in gmail makes me realize why I wouldn’t leave. I’ve felt Google nailed spam detection.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Fastmail does a great job for me. Spam isn't a problem with legitimate email providers anymore.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Eh- I mean maybee that could be a reason, but Google has too much power and influence and takes advantage idk if that would be enough for me personally to stay but at the same time I can aknowledge that it could be a good reason to not leave.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

They did not. They bought postini. Before then spam was really, really bad on gmail.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Certainly better than Microsoft. Outlook/live/Hotmail spam détections been fucked for the better part of 8 months.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Everyone is pretty good at spam detection these days. Also, this is a reason to have at least 2 email accounts—one you only give to close family and friends and one you use for commercial purposes.

And use throwaway/blockable for anything political too. (Apple has Hide My Email that lets you generate random email addresses linked to your primary that you can block with a click if they start to spam you hard immediately after.)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

One look at my old Yahoo and Hotmail determined this was a lie.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Really? I rarely get spam at my Yahoo account that gets past the filter. 🤔