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It took a few months preparation but I deleted all my google accounts today, and it feels good.

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[–] VitabytesDev@feddit.nl 13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I want to delete mine too, but I use GMail and I have not found a good alternative yet. Tutanota doesn't have Thunderbird support and ProtonMail has, but only on paid accounts. I really want to use Thunderbird because it is such a great email client.

[–] corvus@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

I was in a similar situation and after a lot of research I found posteo.net and I liked its privacy, FOSS and environmental policies and gave it a try. Happy with its service for just 1€ a month.

[–] governorkeagan@lemdro.id 6 points 1 year ago

I’ve been using Proton for about a year and a half now. It’s been really good for my needs, I started on the free version but then decided to pay to help support them and to get access to everything else (specifically SimpleLogin).

[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

If you're reasonably tech savvy and on linux you can use hydroxide to bridge a free protonmail to thunderbird. I've been doing it for ~a year, I suspect they don't kill it for ratings, but I only have free protonmail on my GrapheneOS phone with forwards from thunderbird for specific things, works great...

If relevant, ask me how!

[–] TheMissingNumber@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I agree! Maybe with more research you'll find something that suits you. I personally use mailbox.org and I'm quite happy with it :)