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From its start, Gmail conditioned us to trade privacy for free services (www.engadget.com)

submitted 7 months ago by minnix@lemux.minnix.dev to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] snaprails@feddit.uk 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Thereby tieing you to your ISP forever unless you were willing and able to keep changing your email address.

Never. Use. Your. ISP's Included. Email. Service.

[–] deranger@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

My 20 year old Steam login uses a defunct ISP email from the dial up days. I changed the actual email associated with it for passwords etc. but my login is still “deranger@oldisp.com”

But the point I was trying to make is email has always been free or included, in my experience. The fact Gmail was free was never the draw imo.