▲ 248 ▼ Mozilla Thunderbird Challenges Gmail With Its Own Email Service (www.forbes.com) submitted 1 year ago by Fitik@fedia.io to c/opensource@programming.dev 31 comments fedilink hide all child comments "Thundermail" will be part of a suite of Thunderbird Pro services, as the team behind the venerable Mozilla email client begins building a complete ecosystem.
[–] enemenemu@lemm.ee 47 points 1 year ago (10 children) Why now and not 10 sears ago? permalink fedilink source hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] jqubed@lemmy.world 53 points 1 year ago “It is my conviction that all of this should have been a part of the Thunderbird universe a decade ago," Sipes says. “The absence of web services from us means that our users must make compromises that are often uncomfortable ones. This is how we correct that.” permalink fedilink source parent [–] jqubed@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (2 children) Desperate for cash and the money from Google might be going away soon because of the antitrust case? Can’t take them on directly in Search; this honestly seems like one of the better ventures for them to go to. Still, 10 years ago would’ve been better and Mozilla squandered some of the goodwill they had in recent years; I’d be a little more reticent about moving my digital presence over now. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] real_squids@sopuli.xyz 17 points 1 year ago (1 child) Can’t take them on directly in Search Give it a few years, google search is already nearly unusable. By the way, as a gmail replacement disroot has been great so far. I wonder what the free tier of thundermail will be like, but also worry a little that it might poach donations from smaller, free services. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent [–] peteyestee@feddit.org 12 points 1 year ago (5 children) I miss sears. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] reddig33@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (3 children) Someone should buy the brand and take on Amazon. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago (2 children) lol, sadly nearly half of Amazon's income is from AWS; even if its entire marketplace went kaput tomorrow, it'd be fine because so much of the entire Internet depends on it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] reddig33@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) Maybe so. But there’s nothing stopping someone from selling Sears-owned hosting services other than investment. I can see someone like Mark Cuban doing this. Amazon is very vulnerable right now because people are boycotting them their website is overrun with fake reviews and cheap junk their products like Alexa are flopping and being canceled they have overextended themselves buy purchasing outfits they don’t need like Whole Foods Other retail outfits are flailing like Kohls, Target, and JC Penny for the same reasons. All it would take is an online store that stands behind what they sell and doesn’t hide behind an eBay-style reseller system while calling it “retail”. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago So there is hope... Don't tempt me with a good time! permalink fedilink source parent [–] andybytes@programming.dev 1 point 1 year ago Hahahhaha permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 53 points 1 year ago “It is my conviction that all of this should have been a part of the Thunderbird universe a decade ago," Sipes says. “The absence of web services from us means that our users must make compromises that are often uncomfortable ones. This is how we correct that.” permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (2 children) Desperate for cash and the money from Google might be going away soon because of the antitrust case? Can’t take them on directly in Search; this honestly seems like one of the better ventures for them to go to. Still, 10 years ago would’ve been better and Mozilla squandered some of the goodwill they had in recent years; I’d be a little more reticent about moving my digital presence over now. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] real_squids@sopuli.xyz 17 points 1 year ago (1 child) Can’t take them on directly in Search Give it a few years, google search is already nearly unusable. By the way, as a gmail replacement disroot has been great so far. I wonder what the free tier of thundermail will be like, but also worry a little that it might poach donations from smaller, free services. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] real_squids@sopuli.xyz 17 points 1 year ago (1 child) Can’t take them on directly in Search Give it a few years, google search is already nearly unusable. By the way, as a gmail replacement disroot has been great so far. I wonder what the free tier of thundermail will be like, but also worry a little that it might poach donations from smaller, free services. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] peteyestee@feddit.org 12 points 1 year ago (5 children) I miss sears. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] reddig33@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (3 children) Someone should buy the brand and take on Amazon. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago (2 children) lol, sadly nearly half of Amazon's income is from AWS; even if its entire marketplace went kaput tomorrow, it'd be fine because so much of the entire Internet depends on it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] reddig33@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) Maybe so. But there’s nothing stopping someone from selling Sears-owned hosting services other than investment. I can see someone like Mark Cuban doing this. Amazon is very vulnerable right now because people are boycotting them their website is overrun with fake reviews and cheap junk their products like Alexa are flopping and being canceled they have overextended themselves buy purchasing outfits they don’t need like Whole Foods Other retail outfits are flailing like Kohls, Target, and JC Penny for the same reasons. All it would take is an online store that stands behind what they sell and doesn’t hide behind an eBay-style reseller system while calling it “retail”. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago So there is hope... Don't tempt me with a good time! permalink fedilink source parent [–] andybytes@programming.dev 1 point 1 year ago Hahahhaha permalink fedilink source parent
[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (3 children) Someone should buy the brand and take on Amazon. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago (2 children) lol, sadly nearly half of Amazon's income is from AWS; even if its entire marketplace went kaput tomorrow, it'd be fine because so much of the entire Internet depends on it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] reddig33@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) Maybe so. But there’s nothing stopping someone from selling Sears-owned hosting services other than investment. I can see someone like Mark Cuban doing this. Amazon is very vulnerable right now because people are boycotting them their website is overrun with fake reviews and cheap junk their products like Alexa are flopping and being canceled they have overextended themselves buy purchasing outfits they don’t need like Whole Foods Other retail outfits are flailing like Kohls, Target, and JC Penny for the same reasons. All it would take is an online store that stands behind what they sell and doesn’t hide behind an eBay-style reseller system while calling it “retail”. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago So there is hope... Don't tempt me with a good time! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago (2 children) lol, sadly nearly half of Amazon's income is from AWS; even if its entire marketplace went kaput tomorrow, it'd be fine because so much of the entire Internet depends on it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] reddig33@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) Maybe so. But there’s nothing stopping someone from selling Sears-owned hosting services other than investment. I can see someone like Mark Cuban doing this. Amazon is very vulnerable right now because people are boycotting them their website is overrun with fake reviews and cheap junk their products like Alexa are flopping and being canceled they have overextended themselves buy purchasing outfits they don’t need like Whole Foods Other retail outfits are flailing like Kohls, Target, and JC Penny for the same reasons. All it would take is an online store that stands behind what they sell and doesn’t hide behind an eBay-style reseller system while calling it “retail”. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago So there is hope... Don't tempt me with a good time! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) Maybe so. But there’s nothing stopping someone from selling Sears-owned hosting services other than investment. I can see someone like Mark Cuban doing this. Amazon is very vulnerable right now because people are boycotting them their website is overrun with fake reviews and cheap junk their products like Alexa are flopping and being canceled they have overextended themselves buy purchasing outfits they don’t need like Whole Foods Other retail outfits are flailing like Kohls, Target, and JC Penny for the same reasons. All it would take is an online store that stands behind what they sell and doesn’t hide behind an eBay-style reseller system while calling it “retail”. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago So there is hope... Don't tempt me with a good time! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago So there is hope... Don't tempt me with a good time! permalink fedilink source parent