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Re:Gmail tracks the history of things you buy, and it’s hard... by FabHK on Friday May 17, 2019 @07:12PM (#19944465)
FWIW, it's not that big of a hassle: just set up email forwarding & have everything sent to your old gmail account sent to your new email, done.
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Re:Gmail tracks the history of things you buy, and it’s hard... by seiferteric on Friday May 17, 2019 @07:47PM (#19944649)
Doesn't forwarding require going through the original provider? Can they still read the email? What if they shut down?
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Re:Gmail tracks the history of things you buy, and it’s hard... by FabHK on Saturday May 18, 2019 @10:57AM (#19947745)
Sure, but you don't hand out your old email anymore, and really important things you can migrate as you see fit over time. I used to have a gmail address, and basically nobody uses it anymore (and if they do, it does get forwarded).
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