Switching from Gmail to FastMail
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Switching from Gmail to FastMail
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Re: Switching from Gmail to FastMail
#2Fastmail is nice, but I don't see how it removes the right to complain that Gmail is sneaking ads in as email without warning its users first.
Re: Switching from Gmail to FastMail
#3The fact that they even offer 200mb and 800mb plans makes it hard for me to take them seriously. Shame.
Re: Switching from Gmail to FastMail
#4The main problem with abandoning Google is all the services associated with it, not only mail. And paid Gmail continues to offer mobile sync, which FastMail does not.
Yet, FastMail looks quite nice.
Re: Switching from Gmail to FastMail
#5American company, American servers, American jurisdiction. Sure they won't read your email, but the NSA will (just like Gmail.)
Update: hmm, so Opera aren't american? interesting. All the servers are definitely in the US though:
> "we have standard servers and a high speed connection in the US." - https://www.fastmail.fm/help/overview_about.html
Re: Switching from Gmail to FastMail
#6American company, American servers, American jurisdiction. Sure they won't read your email, but the NSA will (just like Gmail.) Update: hmm, so Opera aren't american? interesting. All the servers are definitely in the US though: > "we have standard servers and a high speed connection in the US." - https://www.fastmail.fm/help/overview_about.html
Who? FastMail? They're not American.
Re: Switching from Gmail to FastMail
#7American company, American servers, American jurisdiction. Sure they won't read your email, but the NSA will (just like Gmail.) Update: hmm, so Opera aren't american? interesting. All the servers are definitely in the US though: > "we have standard servers and a high speed connection in the US." - https://www.fastmail.fm/help/overview_about.html
Fastmail is owned by Opera a Norwegian company. Nice try though to inject a completely worthless comment.
Re: Switching from Gmail to FastMail
#8I think it's fair to assume that HN is a fairly technical community and could manage such a feat on its own, so these: "here is how to switch from [insert Google service] to its competitor" posts strike me as karma-bait (and they do get votes).
As to these ads you're so troubled by:
Twitter ads look like tweets, Facebook ads look like Facebook posts, and of course search ads look like search results, at least in Gmail they have their own designated area. They replace the webclip ads when the "promotions" tab is enabled http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2013/06/ads-in-gmails-promo...
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6069372
Also quoting some random Marco Arment anti-Google troll as though it has some weight or authority doesn't help your point.
Re: Switching from Gmail to FastMail
#9American company, American servers, American jurisdiction. Sure they won't read your email, but the NSA will (just like Gmail.) Update: hmm, so Opera aren't american? interesting. All the servers are definitely in the US though: > "we have standard servers and a high speed connection in the US." - https://www.fastmail.fm/help/overview_about.html
Who? FastMail? They're not American.
Servers are in New York.
Re: Switching from Gmail to FastMail
#10The main problem with abandoning Google is all the services associated with it, not only mail. And paid Gmail continues to offer mobile sync, which FastMail does not. Yet, FastMail looks quite nice.
Push email isn't something I really want, but that's a good point if that is important to you.
The other thing I forgot to mention in the post is contact syncing. I'm honestly not sure if I like the contact pollution gmail does more or less than not having sync between FastMail and my phone.