I've slowly been moving more and more stuff off of Google, but the last few things are ones I've had for years. Gmail and Google Fi.
Google would never in its wildest dreams kill Gmail, but sometimes I do worry about Google Fi. I know others have mentioned not having great experiences, but I've used it since shortly after it was announced with practically 0 issues. Luckily I've never actually had to contact support for anything though so that probably contributes (I hear its pretty terrible). I'd hope its something that will last the long haul.
Switching to fastmail was surprisingly easy and having control of my own domain means I'll never lose access to my emails - I might just need to switch providers.
i do agree with some of what you’re saying google is t limited to just discontinuing a product when it wants to kill it. it could easily make a new google mail branded as a a secure one and only existing accounts or business/edu accounts can get through.
i have many of the same concerns about google, and at this point as long as there aren’t interruptions to their biggest contracts in a meaningful way, i would not put it past google to get more closed off.
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I've slowly been moving more and more stuff off of Google, but the last few things are ones I've had for years. Gmail and Google Fi.
Google would never in its wildest dreams kill Gmail, but sometimes I do worry about Google Fi. I know others have mentioned not having great experiences, but I've used it since shortly after it was announced with practically 0 issues. Luckily I've never actually had to contact support for anything though so that probably contributes (I hear its pretty terrible). I'd hope its something that will last the long haul.
Switching to fastmail was surprisingly easy and having control of my own domain means I'll never lose access to my emails - I might just need to switch providers.
What makes you believe they won't kill Gmail?
The equation is pretty simple: cost higher than revenue = kill.
Why can't that happen according to you?
I'm not saying that it will happen tomorrow, but...
I feel they would try to enshittify Gmail (much more) before killing it off.
i do agree with some of what you’re saying google is t limited to just discontinuing a product when it wants to kill it. it could easily make a new google mail branded as a a secure one and only existing accounts or business/edu accounts can get through.
i have many of the same concerns about google, and at this point as long as there aren’t interruptions to their biggest contracts in a meaningful way, i would not put it past google to get more closed off.