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20 Years of Gmail

by tbolt on 6/27/24, 3:40 PM with 1 comments

  • by al_borland on 6/27/24, 4:18 PM

    My account turned 20 last week.

    Created on: 2004-06-18 14:07:17 Z

    I’ve been trying to detach from it, but with so much history, it’s hard. My attempts have mostly created fragmentation and confusion. I’m now checking 3 inboxes.

    Gmail works fine as a service, it’s the company behind it (and how they make the money to fund it) that I don’t like. I think I’d need a few months off work to really get off of Gmail, and even then, I’d probably monitor it for a few years before actually deleting it.

    I had 3 or 4 other Gmail account that I recently deleted. Though 1 is still pending, because Rockstar and Sony both make it impossible to delete/close accounts.