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[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 years ago (20 children)

Me, who's had a Gmail account as my main email for twenty plus years. 😞

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 years ago (17 children)

I've been meaning to switch off of Google for months now, but never had the time to properly research what exactly that entails

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Curious what you decide. I feel trapped. My Gmail has been my primary account for almost 20 years. With that kind of longevity, switching would be extremely disruptive.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

When I did it I just forwarded my mails to the new service (fastmail) and changed mail address whenever a mail got forwarded in. When I didn't receive a forwarded mail for a year or so I deleted my old mail and never looked back.

If you use a password manager this get easier though, since you can just lookup where the old mail is used.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Never realized this was a benefit of password managers. Even happier I've been on Bitwarden a few years now.

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