If you're hunting for an alternative to Gmail, hey.com or fastmail.com have great email services. I use both, for professional and personal use. They're all about privacy and putting the customer first, two things Google cannot say.
I use it sparingly, basically as my "junk" mail. For all important stuff, I use the other two. I switched over like threeish years ago? They just feel so much better because hey.com offers a spam filter, so whenever a new email address emails you, it puts it through a filter so you can manually say if you want those emails to come through your inbox, or go to spam.
And fastmail.com has a feature where it blocks tracking links and software automatically.
I have not heard of this Substack but sounds right up my alley! I'll have to check it out
I’ve been doing some research— watching Youtube about it too. Someone else suggested Proton Mail and Mozilla’s Thunderbird— which seems to let you keep your Gmail account but put it through a security filter of some kind…I’m still trying to understand that one.
I've dabbled in those as well! Those ones are open-source (free software provided to the community by the community rather than paid software provided by private conglomerates).
I'm allllll about open-source projects, so if you're interested in that rabbit hole, I'd suggest looking into Linux if you don't know about it already :) it's basically an operating system such like Mac or Windows, but again... open-source!
Good. One of the few things I've learned in life is that it's always better to leverage your existing skills and materials. Holding onto old tools and creations pays off in the end. Smart businesses do the same. They keep old machines and useful employees around even when their abilities aren't currently needed. Sooner or later circumstances will require those old abilities. Having them on hand enables faster response than trying to hire or build them from scratch.
Very interesting! I actually glimpsed this comment and was chewing on it throughout the day yesterday-- that is a very interesting reason to keep old people and old things around...for the inevitability of the modern ideas not always going the distance.
It's like America has to learn what Europe figured out a long time ago-- about how important the old ways are to preserving the character, sanity and specialness of the land and the people.
American cities look too similar now-- the character of things has eroded. We need to get the culture back to save ourselves!
If you're hunting for an alternative to Gmail, hey.com or fastmail.com have great email services. I use both, for professional and personal use. They're all about privacy and putting the customer first, two things Google cannot say.
Oh thank you so much! So, you don't use Gmail at all either? When did you switch over?
I think I've heard of fastmail through that Social Media Escape Club Substack. Have you seen that one?
I use it sparingly, basically as my "junk" mail. For all important stuff, I use the other two. I switched over like threeish years ago? They just feel so much better because hey.com offers a spam filter, so whenever a new email address emails you, it puts it through a filter so you can manually say if you want those emails to come through your inbox, or go to spam.
And fastmail.com has a feature where it blocks tracking links and software automatically.
I have not heard of this Substack but sounds right up my alley! I'll have to check it out
I’ve been doing some research— watching Youtube about it too. Someone else suggested Proton Mail and Mozilla’s Thunderbird— which seems to let you keep your Gmail account but put it through a security filter of some kind…I’m still trying to understand that one.
I've dabbled in those as well! Those ones are open-source (free software provided to the community by the community rather than paid software provided by private conglomerates).
I'm allllll about open-source projects, so if you're interested in that rabbit hole, I'd suggest looking into Linux if you don't know about it already :) it's basically an operating system such like Mac or Windows, but again... open-source!
Good. One of the few things I've learned in life is that it's always better to leverage your existing skills and materials. Holding onto old tools and creations pays off in the end. Smart businesses do the same. They keep old machines and useful employees around even when their abilities aren't currently needed. Sooner or later circumstances will require those old abilities. Having them on hand enables faster response than trying to hire or build them from scratch.
Very interesting! I actually glimpsed this comment and was chewing on it throughout the day yesterday-- that is a very interesting reason to keep old people and old things around...for the inevitability of the modern ideas not always going the distance.
It's like America has to learn what Europe figured out a long time ago-- about how important the old ways are to preserving the character, sanity and specialness of the land and the people.
American cities look too similar now-- the character of things has eroded. We need to get the culture back to save ourselves!