"This offer is currently only available in Switzerland and requires a swiss phone number."
As such, this should not be on HN.
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
#22"This offer is currently only available in Switzerland and requires a swiss phone number." As such, this should not be on HN.
No different from the America-only services we see frequently.
Re: Ik.me: a free email address for life developed and hosted in Switzerland
#23What is the business model ?
Probably sponsored by state actors in return for unfettered access to your inbox. 20GB free for life simply does not compute. Oh, and they require a phone number during signup, and in Switzerland, a phone number can only be issued if you present a valid identification.
Re: Ik.me: a free email address for life developed and hosted in Switzerland
#24"This offer is currently only available in Switzerland and requires a swiss phone number." As such, this should not be on HN.
Should all the US-only services be banned from HN as well? Quite a good chunk of links would be gone from the frontpage, including all the news sites that have EU IPs blocked due to GDPR.
Re: Ik.me: a free email address for life developed and hosted in Switzerland
#25Is there a https://killedbygoogle.com/ equivalent for startups that promised 'forever'/'lifetime' service and then shut down a few years later?
It is not easy to do something 'lifetime' obviously. I set out to create a service 'for life'[0], it is 15 years old next year, it has loyal clients and it's getting an update (rewrite, modern skin, app, modern features, launching 1/1/'21) for it's 15th birthday. But although I promise never to sell (out; no ads, no data sales etc) and have the entire product (source etc) in escrow, anyone can break their word + cont…
Off topic, but wow that loads fast!
Let's hope that the "modern rewrite" doesn't slow it down too much ;)
On topic - kudos for being free. There must be a threshold where a company that's "free forever" can be thought of as being there for the long haul, and I think 15 years definitely cuts it!
Re: Ik.me: a free email address for life developed and hosted in Switzerland
#26Is there a https://killedbygoogle.com/ equivalent for startups that promised 'forever'/'lifetime' service and then shut down a few years later?
There's no contradiction as long as they don't specify whose lifetime they mean.
Re: Ik.me: a free email address for life developed and hosted in Switzerland
#27What is the business model ?
Selling you other stuff (web hosting, ...) if you like their service
Re: Ik.me: a free email address for life developed and hosted in Switzerland
#28Mmm, "privacy-friendly". It asks for a phone number (it's mandatory during sign up), which can only be obtained with an official ID...
privacy !== anonymity
Re: Ik.me: a free email address for life developed and hosted in Switzerland
#29https://www.migadu.com/ is a fine (paid) Swiss email service if you have a few domains (simply a happy customer).
Re: Ik.me: a free email address for life developed and hosted in Switzerland
#30back|track'ing mail for free :Ð