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Re:Google launches AMP for email by notacoward on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @05:10PM (#19496051)
The fact that so many people who otherwise care about things like privacy, freedom, and competition all flocked to gmail anyway always seemed completely bananas to me. It's like a case study in how principle (or even long term self-interest) always loses to convenience.
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Re:Google launches AMP for email by AlexandrB on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @05:52PM (#19496365)
I'm guilty as charged. I even sought out a Gmail Beta* invite back in the day. At the time I was naive and believed Google's "don't be evil" marketing.

*I later also sought out a Google+ Beta invite. That one is harder to justify with just naïveté.

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Re:Google launches AMP for email by jschwartzi on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @07:58PM (#19497032)
Many of us did this back in the day, and now we're stuck with our gmail addresses.
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Re:Google launches AMP for email by minimaul on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @08:09PM (#19497084)
No, you're not.

It might be a pain to move, but it is certainly possible, and it's certainly worth the effort.

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Re:Google launches AMP for email by username223 on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @01:57AM (#19498458)
Just be grateful you aren't stuck with a Yahoo address ;-). Owning your own domain name(s) is worth a few bucks a month.
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