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Re:Ask HN: Gmail account security by drra on Sunday January 23, 2022 @07:57PM (#30052359)
Still the problem with Fastmail is the same as with Google. Leaning on 3rd party service that you have no control of. There are so many things that could go wrong there, they can be hacked, go bankrupt, closed by authorities, insided. Everyone should have an appropriate personal disaster recovery plan that includes stuff like recovering from loss of service supplier.
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Re:Ask HN: Gmail account security by danielheath on Sunday January 23, 2022 @08:05PM (#30052413)
This is a false equivalence.

Life on a crowded planet depends on third parties; choosing vendors well is a critical life skill.

Fastmail have a long-standing reputation for treating customers right; certainly not a reputation google shares.

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Re:Ask HN: Gmail account security by coffeefirst on Sunday January 23, 2022 @08:28PM (#30052590)
Well, there's always a risk profile no matter what you do. But the risk profile with a company that's obsessed with AI and doesn't believe in having any customer support is much higher than one that you pay and has very good customer support.
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Re:Ask HN: Gmail account security by orangepurple on Sunday January 23, 2022 @09:01PM (#30052799)
Fastmail has been extremely responsive to any random minor issues that have cropped up for me or the several people I got to transition to their service over the last 7 years.
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Re:Ask HN: Gmail account security by tomjen3 on Monday January 24, 2022 @12:54AM (#30054148)
If you have your own domain it doesn't matter much. You can always move your domain to a better host.
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