• mrmanager@lemmy.today
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      1 year ago

      Nothing is free. How would they make money as a company?

      We really need to stop wanting free services from corporations. That’s why everything turns to shit.

      Pay for good email like Fastmail or Proton.

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        1 year ago

        I understand the sentiment, but email is a necessary part of modern life and not everyone has the luxury of paying for it.

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          1 year ago

          A lot of things are necessary parts of modern live and you also have to pay for it, a mobile plan for your smartphone for example.

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              Don’t get me wrong, I think everybody should have the guarantee for social participation, I’m just saying that Email is no exception. If you did not have a mobile plan for whatever reason, you were just not participating.

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                Not really; I could do everything everyone else was doing; just not make phone calls or send sms texts. I used wifi to connect to the net and I could still make emergency calls. Im actually considering going back to that to save money, lol.

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        1 year ago

        I mean, Proton, which you just mentioned, also has a free tier, which is just as usable as Gmail is for 90% of people, myself included.