Google is now applying its coronavirus misinformation policies to personal files

Re:Google is now applying its coronavirus misinformation pol... by icedchai on Friday May 22, 2020 @03:57PM (#23276225)

Self hosting was 20 years ago. Who do you think is better at running a mail server, you or Google? Do you want to deal with spam complaints, security, OS upgrades, DMARC, SPF, etc? It's all a pain.

FYI I run my own mail servers as a hobby, but still have my main personal account on gmail.

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Re:Google is now applying its coronavirus misinformation pol... by dooglius on Friday May 22, 2020 @04:17PM (#23276455)

If Google starts to censor emails containing certain content, which doesn't seem too far from reality at this point, then I would be much better at running a mail server than Google in the sense that I would get any mail that is sent to me.

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Re:Google is now applying its coronavirus misinformation pol... by pdonis on Friday May 22, 2020 @05:32PM (#23277295)

> Who do you think is better at running a mail server, you or Google?

Neither. My hosting provider is better than either me or Google at that, and there are other companies providing email services who are better still.

What Google is "better" at with GMail is providing email whose suckage is just short of the level of suckage that would make it worth its users' while to give up having to just go to one place, their Google account, for everything in order to have email services that were bearable.

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Re:Google is now applying its coronavirus misinformation pol... by icedchai on Friday May 22, 2020 @07:59PM (#23278493)

That's fine. The point was really, hosting it yourself vs someone experienced with all the nuances of email hosting. The fact is, it IS a pain.

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