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Mozilla's new open-source Gmail alternative puts your privacy first

Mozilla's new open-source Gmail alternative puts your privacy first

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Mozilla's new open-source Gmail alternative puts your privacy first

www.zdnet.com /article/mozillas-new-open-source-gmail-alternative-puts-your-privacy-first/

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"Gmail alternative"
Email. Just say email. It's email.
- The word you are looking for is 'webmail'.
- Sadly "Gmail" is what a lot of people know mail as. They're not even aware anything other than Gmail and outlook exists. I at least always have friends and family looking at me weird every time I tell them my mail is the name of my custom domain, some even think I'm joking with em 😅
  It's a sad reality.

Mozilla needs to fix their poor image before trying email.
Frankly, after the last few years I don't trust them with a browser, let alone email.
Not happening. I already pay for an email service that has been privacy centric from the start, and has none of the bad news Mozilla does.
Mozilla has flat out lied to us about changes in Firefox with "No, you just misunderstood what we're doing" . Why should anyone trust them with email?
Pound sand Mozilla.
- Despite the headline, this is being done by Thunderbird, not Mozilla
  Thunderbird is completely independent of the Mozilla Corporation, the makers of Firefox. But the Mozilla Coperation[sic] supports Thunderbird by hosting many of the Thunderbird infrastructure and resources.
  https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/thunderbird-faq#w_who-makes-thunderbird
  
  Yea sounds like too closely related imo. Probably best to keep away.
- I like Firefox
- Well, the alternative is worse, so I am still on Firefox
  
  Try Firefox forks like Librewolf, Waterfox, Floorp that are not associated with Mozilla.
  Agree, the trust is lost and they did nothing to help their case.

I am sick of tech press regurgitating press releases

Anything not selfhosted and/or decentralized, including VPNs, is, by design, not 100% privacy-first.

Thundermail -- not to be confused with Mozilla's decades-old Thunderbird email client -- will be an email service similar to Gmail that can be used within Thunderbird and on the web. With Thundermail, you can use either a Thundermail email address or a custom domain. Also, this new 100% open-source email service will never use your email to train AI, flood your inbox with ads, or collect and sell your data. (So maybe it's not that similar to Gmail.) That's a big win for those who are concerned about privacy.
Huh interesting, Mozilla and Proton are having more and more overlap. More choice is a good thing?

Okay so its not like Gmail, but is free
So how it paid for?
- at the beginning, we plan to offer these services for free to consistent community contributors. Other users will have to pay for access.
  Where does it say it's free?

Proton?
- No, they don't support the Trump administration
  
  They're a swedish company. I don't think this would have any impact. Besides, I don't think it's a good reason to dump on then just because of that.
  
  You just convinced me to get proton

I KNOW privacy is important. But switching something you already use out needs to be exciting.
To be honest, switching for privacy feels like a chore.
- Exciting?
  Why the heck does anyone need adrenaline and dopamine hits for something like email?
  
  Well, you'll need dopamine and serotonin for all the new product spam mails you can get!
  
  Whoah there, buddy. Easy on the misinterpretations.
  My point is that taking action is most likely to occur when there is a strong, present motivation. Not just for email provider choices, for everything.

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