Most people do. Not all.
The point being that you could choose to roll your own if you wanted to.
I bet many people on HN have their own domain and their own mail server. Hell, for a few dollars a month you can get a web hosting company to set it up for you.
For those who care about those things, they can do that and still be able to communicate with people who use gmail or yahoo mail.
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Email works because everyone uses a web-based email, namely one of three: gmail, hotmail, yahoo.
The end result is the same: a few BigCompanies have access to alot of your data.
I think most people here on HN use gmail (but I could be wrong).
Most people do. Not all. The point being that you could choose to roll your own if you wanted to.
I bet many people on HN have their own domain and their own mail server. Hell, for a few dollars a month you can get a web hosting company to set it up for you.
For those who care about those things, they can do that and still be able to communicate with people who use gmail or yahoo mail.