If I were to never touch GMail again and use Thunderbird for the rest of my life, would I need to change my adress to free myself from the deathgrip of google?

  • blakeus12 [they/them, he/him]
    hexagon
    ·
    1 year ago

    ah shit. I just changed it from one @gmail.com adress to another, i'll have to tell my boss my email changed again. Any good alternatives?

    • microfiche [he/him]
      ·
      1 year ago

      Free? Not really, sorry. I pay for my email now. The cheapest domain I could pick up, and hosted elsewhere (MS365 atm but looking to switch elsewhere when I quit being lazy about it.) domain was 12$ yearly for a .net and I pay 6 a month for email.

      • blakeus12 [they/them, he/him]
        hexagon
        ·
        1 year ago

        actually, is protonmail any good? i use their VPN on my phone to acess wifi-banned apps at school :P

        • microfiche [he/him]
          ·
          1 year ago

          Give it a shot. I’m not sure what their storage limit is though so it may not be what you’re used to with gmail.

        • Hungover [he/him]
          ·
          1 year ago

          The only downside to protonmail I encountered is that the free plan doesn't include IMAP support, so you won't be able to integrate your protonmail to your non-proton mail client (Outlook, Thunderbird, your default phone mail client...)

          If that's not an issue for you Protonmail seems pretty good :)