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Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left

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Re: Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left

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Post by cadamsdotcom »

behringer wrote: post #493
cadamsdotcom wrote: post #327

Looking for your alternative? Let me give you some (non financially motivated) praise for Fastmail. It has everything Gmail has - even app passwords, hide my email, and ios integration. The only criticism is the calendar doesn’t autocomplete addresses so that’s a bit more typing than I would like. But everything you do in Fastmail is instant . They live up to the name! Once you try it and go back, you’ll be shocked -…

Google doesn't have app passwords anymore so plus one for fastmail.

It still does, but the page is hidden and nothing in the UI links to it.

If you still need it, you can find the url by looking at blog guides to setting up calendar integrations.

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Post by aucisson_masque »

supertroop wrote: post #103
Wingman4l7 wrote: post #7

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Apple? The company that has built its entire brand and product lines around "we know what's best for you and if you don't like the way we've done it, you're wrong"?

We’ve all grown out of that cliche. Literally every OS is opinionated.

Some show you ads in the start menu, others don't.

Re: Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left

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Post by aucisson_masque »

Hnrobert42 wrote: post #159
thesuitonym wrote: post #114

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Given that Apple recently started putting ads in Maps, I have no faith in them anymore.

I was a littLe annoyed by that, too, but mostly because there isn't an option to pay for an ad-free experience.

You already overpay the iphones, what more you want to pay ?

Re: Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left

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Post by swyx »

al_borland wrote: post #364
gs17 wrote: post #330

It's really bizarre at this point. I'm okay with things like having one-click options for simple replies like "That time works for me" (Google Messages on Android is hilariously bad at these but it's at least useful occasionally). I'm not okay with it suggesting a whole point-by-point response to someone else. Today I had an email from a colleague where it had a suggested reply so large it didn't fit in the preview b…

One could argue the “That time works for me” prompts are also a waste of time, especially when only occasionally useful. Do we really need a button to type 5 words on an occasional basis? I’ve used the button before, but I think my life would be exactly the same without it.

then you dont deal in high enough email volume

Re: Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left

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Post by reddalo »

a96 wrote: post #538
teekert wrote: post #481

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I've been very happy with Protonmail, you can even use your old Gmail address from within Protonmail [0]. Although arguable doing that is counter productive, you want receive gmails but reply with you new address -> Yes this is the time to buy a domain and own an address for the rest of your life, so you can move again with little pain in the future ;) [0] https://proton.me/blog/proton-mail-connect-gmail

My notes say: No IMAP or other way to export emails, they're trapped in the service. CEO is a Trump supporter.

You can export mails, but only if you're on a paid plan.

Then you can install Proton Mail Bridge (which exposes a fake IMAP server to your machine) and a mail client (e.g. Thunderbird). Then you move all your mail from Proton to your new service by drag-n-dropping inside of your mail client.

I did it in order to move to Mailbox.org (great service), exactly because I don't want to give money to a company run by a Trump supporter.

Also, get ready to receive replies in which they tell you "Ackchyually he's not a trump supporter!!!1"

Re: Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left

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Post by julienbourdeau »

grishka wrote: post #357

So weird to me to realize that for some people, email providers have a UX , and enough of it that they could consider switching. I've been using email through a client for decades. My primary email is Gmail, but I have no idea what Gmail is like on the web these days. Save for providers like hey.com, whose entire selling point is their unique web UX, I never understood why would someone use email in their web browser…

The flow with hey.com so much better that being an app or in browser is irrelevant. It's 100x better than anything else I ever used.

Re: Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left

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Post by reddalo »

teekert wrote: post #503
dotancohen wrote: post #497

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> Yes this is the time to buy a domain and own an address for the rest of your life As someone who does use their own domain to receive mail, I am acutely aware of how diligent I must be to never lose that domain. The chances of someone acquiring access to my Gmail account are far lower than me losing the dotancohen.com domain, especially with the cyber attacks against Israeli assets that have been ongoing incessantl…

I use a .nl domain for my country, luckily it is governed by a trustworthy party and there are strict rules and convenient systems to move domainnames between providers. Agreed that some tlds may indeed be less ideal in that respect.

I agree. I would never host my mail on those new fancy domains which are controlled by a private company. Only use geographic TLDs run by a trustworthy government.

Re: Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left

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Post by tpm »

vachina wrote: post #454
sshine wrote: post #348

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+1 When I migrated from Gmail to Fastmail years ago, I thought Fastmail felt... less featureful. When I rarely visit my abandoned Gmail, I can't believe I put up with the clunkiness. Lean software stands the test of time. Fastmail hasn't had a noteworthy UI change ever. Minor annoyances: - Clicking an iPhone notification opens the app, but never brings me to the actual email - It is difficult to unfold the full exten…

Why are people accessing emails from the webUI. Email is SMTP and IMAP, use any number of clients to access your email.

Every desktop mail client is bad in its own way. And then I have to set it up on all computers I use. Web UI just works.

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Post by account42 »

cadamsdotcom wrote: post #327

Looking for your alternative? Let me give you some (non financially motivated) praise for Fastmail. It has everything Gmail has - even app passwords, hide my email, and ios integration. The only criticism is the calendar doesn’t autocomplete addresses so that’s a bit more typing than I would like. But everything you do in Fastmail is instant . They live up to the name! Once you try it and go back, you’ll be shocked -…

Whatever provider you switch to, do use the opportunity to get your own domain so that you won't be locked in in the future.

Re: Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left

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Post by ErroneousBosh »

mvdtnz wrote: post #436
ErroneousBosh wrote: post #258

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Given that Windows still doesn't even support multiple monitors in any meaningful way, I'm not sure what you're complaining about.

I'm no Windows defender but this is nonsense. Windows has BY FAR the best multi monitor support of any of the major OS's, including any variant of Linux.

How do you get it to work then? Because at the moment whenever I open my Windows laptop plugged into a docking station the screens just come up in a random order.

Sometimes all three are mirrored, sometimes by chance they're the right way round, sometimes the "main" screen is one one of the external monitors and then you're absolutely knackered if you don't manage to convince it to go onto the laptop's panel before you unplug because there's no way to get it back.

It's all just so half-assed.

In Linux multiple monitors have worked perfectly for about 20 years.

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