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Ik.me: a free email address for life developed and hosted in Switzerland

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Re: Ik.me: a free email address for life developed and hosted in Switzerland

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With 20 GB of storage, this Swiss-made messaging system allows you to repatriate and store the emails of a lifetime. Access to kDrive with 3 GB of storage is also included for photos and online collaboration on Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents.

Currently restricted to Swiss citizens, this offer will soon be extended to the whole of Europe.

For further details: https://news.infomaniak.com/en/free-swiss-email-address/

Re: Ik.me: a free email address for life developed and hosted in Switzerland

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Post by shiftpgdn »

infomaniak wrote: post #2

With 20 GB of storage, this Swiss-made messaging system allows you to repatriate and store the emails of a lifetime. Access to kDrive with 3 GB of storage is also included for photos and online collaboration on Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents. Currently restricted to Swiss citizens, this offer will soon be extended to the whole of Europe. For further details: https://news.infomaniak.com/en/free-swiss-email-addre…

There is no such thing as a free lunch. How does this company intend to monetize this product? Email (and photos) are things people highly depend on.

Re: Ik.me: a free email address for life developed and hosted in Switzerland

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Post by quattrofan »

shiftpgdn wrote: post #3
infomaniak wrote: post #2

With 20 GB of storage, this Swiss-made messaging system allows you to repatriate and store the emails of a lifetime. Access to kDrive with 3 GB of storage is also included for photos and online collaboration on Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents. Currently restricted to Swiss citizens, this offer will soon be extended to the whole of Europe. For further details: https://news.infomaniak.com/en/free-swiss-email-addre…

There is no such thing as a free lunch. How does this company intend to monetize this product? Email (and photos) are things people highly depend on.

This is in that link “Our business model is about safeguarding data, not selling it. We’re developing our own ecosystem so we never have to compromise on our values. No personal data is analysed or resold to third parties. Our free services such as SwissTransfer, kMeet and ik.me are financed by our paid products and contribute to extending Infomaniak’s reach.” Marc Oehler, COO at Infomaniak"

Re: Ik.me: a free email address for life developed and hosted in Switzerland

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Post by vmurthy »

speedgoose wrote: post #4

What is the business model ?

Not OP. Indirect answer. From the website [0], it appears that they have hosting services, domain registration services etc. None of these per se are high margin , so I am going to assume that their "web consultancy" business[1] has some margins to justify offering this for free. For all I know, this is a way to get people to the top of the funnel and then they will sell other services to these folks.

[0]https://www.infomaniak.com/en [1]https://www.infomaniak.com/en/about

Re: Ik.me: a free email address for life developed and hosted in Switzerland

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Post by alacombe »

infomaniak wrote: post #2

With 20 GB of storage, this Swiss-made messaging system allows you to repatriate and store the emails of a lifetime. Access to kDrive with 3 GB of storage is also included for photos and online collaboration on Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents. Currently restricted to Swiss citizens, this offer will soon be extended to the whole of Europe. For further details: https://news.infomaniak.com/en/free-swiss-email-addre…

How are you planning to balance privacy, citizenship / real name usage requirement and obvious law enforcement requirements ?
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