this post was submitted on 19 Jun 2024
40 points (93.5% liked)

DeGoogle Yourself

8937 readers
4 users here now

A community for those that would like to get away from Google.

Here you may post anything related to DeGoogling, why we should do it or good software alternatives!

Rules

  1. Be respectful even in disagreement

  2. No advertising unless it is very relevent and justified. Do not do this excessively.

  3. No low value posts / memes. We or you need to learn, or discuss something.

Related communities

!privacyguides@lemmy.one !privacy@lemmy.ml !privatelife@lemmy.ml !linuxphones@lemmy.ml !fossdroid@social.fossware.space !fdroid@lemmy.ml

founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS
CrypticCoffee@lemm.ee
CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml
Byereddithellolemmy@lemmy.world
chevy9294@monero.town
40
How the hell should I even switch mail providers? (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 months ago by Persen@lemmy.world to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
40 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

I have completely stopped using google services and software on my personal devices (even have lineageos + microg on my phone. The problem is that I can't just explain to the technically uneducated people that I changed mail providers. How should I go about doing this?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Persen@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Thanks. I will, when I actually have regular income and could afford it.

[–] yonder@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Most of the reputable TLDs like .net can be had for around 10USD a year from providers like Porkbun.

[–] Persen@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Wait, could I set it up with something like duckdns?

[–] yonder@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

Theoretically yes, but it is probably not a good idea to use it for email since duckdns might not exist in a few years meaning you cannot log into services that used that email.

[–] 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

No. You don't own that. Plus you need direct control over DNS records since you need to set up MX and TXT records and I think some other records as well.

[–] Persen@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Oh, ok