If Gmail proved anything, it was that people would, for the most part, accept any terms of service. Or at least not care enough to read the fine-print closely.
It’s not outdated. The chance of a newer electronic communication method being ubiquitous and also relatively open (e.g. not associated directly with a company) is slim. PGP encryption (another “old” technology) solves the privacy nightmare piece. People just have to use it.
Also I recommend selfhosting email. Mailinabox.email is pretty brainless.
its honestly weird that email is still a thing. it is an outdated protocol which is a privacy nightmare even without big tech usurping it.
What’s the alternative that everyone has and you can make a new one without much issue or privacy infringement?
SMSFacebookTelegramWhatsAppSignalSessionXMPPMatrixWe still use email because it’s ubiquitous. Boomer to Zoomer, everyone has at least one email address.
It’s not outdated. The chance of a newer electronic communication method being ubiquitous and also relatively open (e.g. not associated directly with a company) is slim. PGP encryption (another “old” technology) solves the privacy nightmare piece. People just have to use it.
Also I recommend selfhosting email. Mailinabox.email is pretty brainless.
It’s the only decentralized communication protocol for personal messages that is widely adopted. And yes, it’s a privacy nightmare.
It isn’t surprising that something outdated is still used