What's a good alternative to Gmail?
What's a good alternative to Gmail?
Trying to de-google and looking for an alternative to Gmail.
Don't mind if it's a paid service if it's robust.
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Asking because I really have no clue, but what about using an AppleID / iCloud (@apple.com) email account with Mozilla Thunderbird for personal use?
Pros and cons? Whys and why nots?
OP is looking to move away from Google. Immediately getting locked into a different, arguably more restrictive, platform isn't a solution.
Now in general:
Pros:
free(paid plan only?)- company will stay in business for a while
Cons:
- subject to Apple's privacy policy
- US based company, not great for privacy
- locked into a different platform
- Apple's walled garden ecosystem means long term use is questionable. Will Apple keep supporting 3rd party email clients in 1,3,5 years? Do they even support it now? Who knows?
- Apple has control over your account. If they screw you over on an iPhone purchase and you do a credit card charge back on them (for any reason really) do they let you keep your account? Google doesn't
Is it free? I thought e-mail is only in the paid iCloud plans
It is free and comes with 5GB of cloud storage. For $1 a month, you get 50GB of cloud, a personal domain, Private relay (basically built in VPN), and email relay (masks your email address when signing up for a site, site never gets your actual email address, apple receive an email at the masked address and forwards to you.)
Basic email is free, but you need iCloud+ to get support for custom domains and more than 5GB of storage.
It’s free but you need a Mac or iOS device to set up a new mail account
Couldn't tell you. I assumed it was free but I haven't used an apple device in years