On 19.08.2013 18:32, CryptoFreak wrote: > On 08/19/2013 10:55 AM, staticsafe wrote: >> On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 01:26:36PM +0200, rysiek wrote: >>> Dnia poniedziałek, 19 sierpnia 2013 13:10:05 Lodewijk andré de la porte >>> pisze: >>>> That's why he said spam-ish, not spam. >>>> >>>> Regardless it will make them be viewed much less. I think they're just >>>> "taking eggs for their money". They know it's a lot to ask from people to >>>> switch away from gmail. They love their arsefuckings. >>>> >>>> They might not have thought about the "big ridiculously high, then concede >>>> to something high"-tactic. "Please, people, stop using gmail". Everyone: >>>> "Noo! We love Gmail!". "Then at least send an e-mail back to fix gmail". >>>> Everyone: "That sounds reasonable." instead of "please fix gmail". Everyone >>>> "naah too much effort". >>> >>> This. Also, it wouldn't cost them a dime to add a sentence or two >>> explaining >>> why centralisation is the problem and how using other e-mail providers can >>> help. >>> >>> -- >>> Pozdr >>> rysiek >> >> >> Sure, lets tell them to move their e-mail from Gmail....to where? To >> another big mail provider (whats the point then?). Lavabit, Silent >> Circle, Hushmail, Tormail? Nope. Self host their own e-mail? Hah. Most >> people don't have the resources and/or the ability to do something like >> that. >> >> There is also the matter of trust, why should I trust $MAILHOST over >> Google? >> >> What is the solution then? >> >> I hope I got my point across. > > The solution *could* be to host their own mail server if it were made > easy enough for them. I'm thinking something like a Raspberry Pi with > very well designed web UI for simple configuration and management. > Include a nice webmail client and even most non-techies could probably > do this. >
i don't quite get why everyone purportedly loves webmail clients so much?
