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1. Code Selfish (paul@social.device5.co.uk)'s status on Saturday, 14-Apr-2018 07:19:58 EDT Code Selfish

   Gmail enters the "extend" phase of Embrace, Extend, Extinguish by creating new proprietary features for email then forcing non-gmail users the view the mail through a link with Google Login (and sometimes SMS confirmation!)

   https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/04/gmail-com-redesign-includes-self-destructing-e-mails/#p3

   1. Tomas SA2TMS (tomas@social.umeahackerspace.se)'s status on Monday, 16-Apr-2018 16:22:42 EDT Tomas SA2TMS

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      Or someone just write a weboob-ish thing that grabs the email and spits out a .eml file
   2. ☭⚑ Comrade Angles ⚑☭ (angle@anticapitalist.party)'s status on Monday, 16-Apr-2018 22:55:40 EDT ☭⚑ Comrade Angles ⚑☭

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      @paul Ugh. Now I have to kill my gmail, don't I? What a pain. I'm gonna have to migrate so many damn things... :/

      Any advice for a better email provider? Is riseup.net any good? :0

      1. صفر (charlyblack@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Apr-2018 03:03:10 EDT صفر

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         @Angle here there's an extensive comparison and evaluation of possible alternatives https://thatoneprivacysite.net/email-section/
         I personally went for fastmail and tutanota, but the choice is really tailored to your specific needs and threat model