by stereoradonc on 12/3/24, 1:57 AM with 8 comments
ProtonMail is overhyping the "encrypted" email charade. 99% of the humanity doesn't need anything of that sort. Runbox was hyping on its "green credentials". I didn't consider it much thereafter. Hey.com has a cartoonish email interface and their play on the email service is interesting but useless. I couldn't take them seriously after poking around for 5 minutes. There are other interesting services (purelyemail) but that's in Beta.
Zoho was a major disappointment backed up by a poor customer support. Email sent to their support remains unaswered even after 12+ hours. I have requested them for a refund and is avoidable. I considered iCloud+ with a custom domain and Google Workspaces but I was concerned about lack of support on both services.
Fastmail offers everything. I have my configuration set up on iphone and works flawlessly. No issues with their mobile app or any restriction on their alias generation. I have unlimited Masked Emails generated through BitWarden as my password manager.
TL;DR Stick with Fastmail for peace of mind. It is expensive but offers complete value for money.
by jraph on 12/3/24, 6:27 AM
Did you mean that 99% doesn't need unencrypted mails, and 1% would love to have open bar access to the emails of others (to "fight against criminality", or to "offer" a personalized ad "experience")?
I could have just ignored the whole post but this idea is harmful and needed a reply. The idea that people don't need privacy needs to die.
It's not even like it is an argument against protonmail and it doesn't convince me that fastmail is better. Fwiw I don't use any of them, I don't know them, I self host my mails unencrypted but this last characteristic is a bug, not a feature.
by methou on 12/3/24, 12:55 PM
Fastmail's masked mail is an effortless addition to existing services, at no extra cost.
by 3000 on 12/4/24, 12:16 AM
by dankwizard on 12/3/24, 4:09 AM
by iamnotafraid on 12/3/24, 2:14 AM