Show HN: MiniMail – Disposable Email Service for Everyone
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Show HN: MiniMail – Disposable Email Service for Everyone
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#2Just to remind folks Apple provides this service for all iOS devices automatically.
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#3Just to remind folks Apple provides this service for all iOS devices automatically.
Not quite true. Hide My Email is included in iCloud+, which is a paid subscription service.
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#4The biggest problem with these services is they never last. It's easy to set up something like this, but there are so many of these services and so few non-technical people understand the need/purpose of them, they don't get the traction required to be viable and disappear, thus perpetuating a vicious cycle for the overall "disposable email" sector as folks realize that you can't trust any of these services to stick around...
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#5The biggest problem with these services is they never last. It's easy to set up something like this, but there are so many of these services and so few non-technical people understand the need/purpose of them, they don't get the traction required to be viable and disappear, thus perpetuating a vicious cycle for the overall "disposable email" sector as folks realize that you can't trust any of these services to stick…
The "disposable" in "disposable email" implies that you don't intend on keeping the address around. Under that use case, the service disappearing after a year or two doesn't cause any issues, because you don't have anything persistent attached to those emails in the first place. Besides, many (most?) other email services prevent you from recovering an email address (usually because a random address is assigned to you and there's no way to pick/recover a previous address), so you're already discouraged from using them for any persistent services.
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#6Just to remind folks Apple provides this service for all iOS devices automatically.
Not quite true. Hide My Email is included in iCloud+, which is a paid subscription service.
Free for services that use Sign in with Apple. Need iCloud+ for generating addresses outside of that.
Also, 99 cents a month for the cheapest plan isn’t too bad for everything it gives you. If you’re in the iOS/Apple ecosystem, it’s a worthwhile purchase.
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#7The biggest problem with these services is they never last. It's easy to set up something like this, but there are so many of these services and so few non-technical people understand the need/purpose of them, they don't get the traction required to be viable and disappear, thus perpetuating a vicious cycle for the overall "disposable email" sector as folks realize that you can't trust any of these services to stick…
They’re disposable. The whole service is disposable. That’s the whole point.
This isn’t a redirect to your existing email a-la-iCloud+ “Hide My Email”. You close the tab and the address is gone.
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#8Just to remind folks Apple provides this service for all iOS devices automatically.
Apple provides a disposable email? AFAIK it provides a forwarding address, which is similar but distinct from what this is.
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#9Sure, but how long until the sites that require an email to set up a new account add this to their list of blocked providers (or just switch to requiring a sms number like some of the bigger sites already do)?
Or ar least I'm assuming that's a primary use case for something like this.
Re: Show HN: MiniMail – Disposable Email Service for Everyone
#10Just to remind folks Apple provides this service for all iOS devices automatically.
Apple provides a disposable email ? AFAIK it provides a forwarding address, which is similar but distinct from what this is.
Afaik it's bit more complex than a forwarding address as it allows replies from the user behind too (while still being protected) [1][2]
[1] https://developer.apple.com/documentation/sign_in_with_apple...
[2] https://support.apple.com/guide/mail/use-hide-my-email-mlhl4...