The “privacy-first” company surprised its user base when CEO Andy Yen lauded Trump on social media.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/30934764

The “privacy-first” company surprised its user base when CEO Andy Yen lauded Trump on social media.

  • tburkhol@lemmy.worldEnglish
    24·
    2 days ago

    I bit the bullet this month & bought a domain so I can assign mail handling and change providers without changing my email address. Currently using https://purelymail.com/ because they’re $10/year for as many addresses & domains as you want “within reason.” It’s apparently just one guy with some AWS instances, but it was very straightforward to set up.

    • philnc@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      10·
      2 days ago

      I was dumb enough to walk away from that approach about 10 years ago. Ugh. But you’ve convinced me. The annual cost of a domain is lunch money for a week. The freedom it provides in this scenario is well worth it.

      • tburkhol@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        2 days ago

        There’s a lot of domains you can get for the price of a single coffee, if you don’t insist on it being cute, readable, or one of the legacy TLDs. Between purelymail and a .top domain, it’s $15/year.

    • PetteriPano@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      2 days ago

      +1 for purelymail.

      I’ve had my personal domain on gmail and most recently proton. Proton got too pricy when I wanted to add another couple of domains. After some research I landed on purelymail, and it’s been smooth sailing to set up and use.

    • lemmeBe@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      51·
      2 days ago

      The same applies to what I commented about Mxroute - Purelymail doesn’t cater to users who require end-to-end encryption, advanced privacy features, or those who need built-in security measures beyond standard email protocols, as it’s primarily focused on reliable email delivery and hosting rather than security-first communication.

      Tuta would be a viable alternative to Proton.

      • tburkhol@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        Yeah, I considered E2EE. Even set up PGP keys in Thunderbird and installed https///mailvelope.com . For E2EE to really be viable, your correspondents have to comply, and none of the people I email with have any interest. I even email with someone on proton, and they always reply to me in the clear.

        • lemmeBe@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          1·
          1 day ago

          I mean, as far as I’m concerned, if not for all the websites that ask for email to register, I wouldn’t be using it. No personal comms go via email.

    • obolstitelkisok@lemmy.worldEnglish
      23·
      2 days ago

      What do you mean by “I bought a domain”? Is the domain has been rented or there is someone who sells domain for life and heritage?