I’ve been so upset with google for a long time. It might be seamless if you don’t live in china or whatever, but for me it’s been pain for years. A few years ago they stopped accepting my credit card. this year they stopped accepting my gf’s card (she’s chinese). I tried to verify my identity with passport images and utility bills for months. I have a lot of stuff spanning over a decade there. I tried to rage delete everything but Google made it so difficult that i got tired out a few times. I finally did it. Well, not quite. it’s sointertwined with every service and account i have. it’s such a pain. I am working full time emigrating to protonmail for now. Thing is i’ve been so scarred i don’t trust protonmail either.

      • Muddybulldog@mylemmy.winEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Getting your own domain doesn’t require you to host your own email. You can simply use forwarding to route your email to Gmail, Hotmail, iCloud or any other mail service that has reasonable spam filtering.

  • jard@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    9·
    1 year ago

    I’ve been so scared I don’t trust protonmail either.

    I mean, compared to what you’ve been dealing with before (the biggest adware company in the world) Proton is an angelic saint. You’ll be fine in their hands.

  • Meow.tar.gz@lemmy.goblackcat.comEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    Protonmail is highly trustworthy when compared to Google. While Google should go bankrupt, you and I have a better chance of dying in a car crash before Google will close its doors; much as I would like Google. to disappear completely.

  • Jumpinship@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    41·
    1 year ago

    i’m so so done with online services. I researched how to host my own mail server. I already have one for the company, maybe i’ll just move there, but i would like something cheaper just in case the company goes belly up some time in the future. Also i would ideally just share hosting across my devices instead of relying on a hosting provider. Imagine a new internet where everyone is hosting the stuff they need, with some help from a small network of friendly backup buddies. I feel it’s gotten so invasive that we kind of have to create our own internet. Servers are a big hole in that plan, but torrents do work even if some of the seeders turn their pc off right.

  • CaptObvious@lemmy.worldEnglish
    33·
    1 year ago

    Proton is not free of controversy either. Check well to be sure that you’re comfortable with them.

    • Jumpinship@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      21·
      1 year ago

      exactly. i’m not. that’s why i was looking for ipfs, maybe with proof of replication solutions. there’s only dead crypto scam solutions out there