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0 pointstjbiddle3y ago0 comments

> Email is now an oligopoly, a service gate kept by a few big companies which does not follow the principles of net neutrality.

While I understand what they're getting at here, I disagree. There are certainly other providers you can go with - You just need to pay up.

Happy customer of FastMail here. All of my personal domains, and multiples businesses are tied to it. Wonderful service, no deliverability issues, great features, etc.

So - clearly other companies are able to get it right. Self-hosting is probably difficult, but it's not like you're forced to go to Big Tech.

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stephen_g3y ago

Yeah, this is my compromise too. I'm not able to spend the effort setting up my own mail server right now, but don't want to just use one of the really big players, so I use my own domain and FastMail. Feels good to support a smaller player.

Andrew_nenakhov3y ago

> So - clearly other companies are able to get it right.

These companies are part of the oligopoly.

One can become part of said oligopoly, but it requires an outsized effort for an individual to keep the service running just for himself.

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