Elle@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 month agoEmail is still great for DMs if you only use it for talking to individuals, and not to sign up to thingsmessage-squaremessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1140arrow-down17
arrow-up1133arrow-down1message-squareEmail is still great for DMs if you only use it for talking to individuals, and not to sign up to thingsElle@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squareChozo@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month ago Sadly, Google and Microsoft are trying their best to lock down email. What do you mean?
minus-squarenobody158@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·1 month agoHosting your own email server has gotten extremely difficult and time consuming.
minus-squarefossphi@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoVery solid reasons mentioned by @nobody158@sh.itjust.works in the sibling comment. Another issue is that they forced people towards top posting which combined with the rise of html email led to the decline of plain text email, which really sucks for not just privacy but also accessibility
What do you mean?
Hosting your own email server has gotten extremely difficult and time consuming.
Very solid reasons mentioned by @nobody158@sh.itjust.works in the sibling comment.
Another issue is that they forced people towards top posting which combined with the rise of html email led to the decline of plain text email, which really sucks for not just privacy but also accessibility