• meow@discuss.tchncs.de
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    4 months ago

    Mullvad, and a strong internet connection from the spyware company of your choice. With that you can pirate any media, and browse the internet. I have never needed more.

    • turboSnail@piefed.europe.pubEnglish
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      4 months ago

      I’m still using the services of Big Email, which means I’m the product in this setting. From a philosophical standpoint, that sucks. From a practical point of view, I don’t really see any downsides. Surely there are some that I’m just not aware of.

      If they want to show me some ads, I have ublock origin and NextDNS to take care of that. What else should I know about my situation?

      • mlfh@lemmy.sdf.org
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        4 months ago

        Your email is the root of your digital identity, and pretty much everything in your digital life is tied to it. If your email is provided by Big Email, they own your digital identity and it exists at their whim, with no recourse if it gets taken away, compromised, or abused.

        If you own your domain and pay for mail hosting, you can at least move your email between providers if something goes wrong, and have some recourse with those providers since you’re a customer instead of a product.