The issue is that there are no proper replacements for Gmail. Too many people (whether opensource fellows or privacy or both) suggest do not use it but there are NO good answers. One cannot expect a local shop or university to host email services 24x7 AND provide world-class security. This is like excel/word/ppt becoming a default file format and use of MS office. Sure libreoffice works but when everyone is using MS products - one has no chance but to use MS.
hn always loves fastmail but I bet they cant run a billion logins.
No local govt or company has the employees to manage such good features.
(Example; I tried once to use apple email, calendar for 20 people. Too many sync problems. When asked in Apple forums they often told me Apple infra is designed for families and not for 20 people)
> One cannot expect a local shop or university to host email services 24x7 AND provide world-class security.
You're right! That doesn't mean you have to rely on The Borg. I rely on my ISP (admittedly an unusually good ISP); I pay them for mail service, a fiver a month, on my own domain. There are many dedicated commercial email providers that are reliable and secure, such as Fastmail (I've never tried Fastmail).
hn always loves fastmail but I bet they cant run a billion logins.
No local govt or company has the employees to manage such good features.
(Example; I tried once to use apple email, calendar for 20 people. Too many sync problems. When asked in Apple forums they often told me Apple infra is designed for families and not for 20 people)