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Most of the time when people say they have an unpopular opinion, it turns out it's actually pretty popular.

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[โ€“] rikudou@lemmings.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

dont kid yourself into thinking you are making a difference

I mean, I'm making a difference for myself. And we're clearly big enough market for companies like Proton (the mail provider) to exist. I'm not thinking I'm actually changing the world or anything, I'm just less tracked and see less blatant examples of companies stealing from me. Obviously it's not perfect, companies still have a ton of data on me, but it's better than nothing.

so stop making people feel bad if they dont use either or dont care about something like it

I can agree with that.

[โ€“] AnarchoYeasty@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

The major mail companies could easily block emails from proton servers if they wanted to. The OP is right business could crack down on it all if they felt like it.