‘Morale is at an all-time low’: Ex-Googler writes scathing latter slamming layoffs and ‘eroded’ culture::An ex-Googler wrote a 1,500-word letter criticizing the firm and CEO Sundar Pichai’s lack of “visionary leadership.”

    • Evotech@lemmy.world
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      I moved to proton mail personally after having Gmail since forever.

      Took a year and I pay 40usd per year but worth it

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        How safe / stable is proton mail? Say they go under in 5 years are you just fucked? Or is your setup such that you could move easily? Also is your email just xxxx@proton.com? Or something longer?

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          I don’t have a crystal ball but Proton is the go-to, privacy-focused email provider. They are based in Switzerland.

          They likely have a way for you to export your emails if they go under or use a desktop email client to archive them.

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            It’s less the backup more all the stuff linked to your account. All the sign-ups if they go down fast… You’re fucked 😕

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              I pay for LastPass and would never go back. I know there are other options that people will point out but I’m too invested now haha.

              I highly recommend getting LastPass or something similar. It was much easier to make the transition away from google products

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                As a former LastPass customer, I’m telling you to move over the BitWarden. LastPass has had bad security break-ins.

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                    There is zero reason anyone should use LastPass when bitwarden exists.

                    No, that’s not true at all. Wow, what a horribly bad take that you have.

                    There is one very incredibly valid reason why they would use LastPass.

                    And that would be, because they own stock in the company.

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          I have my own domain. So I’d lose my emails but I could just move the address. I’d recommend that for sure. In case you want to move to another mail provider down the line it’s super simple.

          I think it’s a bit extra to have a custom domain but it’s super worth it.

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      I’m exactly in the same boat, been considering migrating to protonmail. Have moved everything else to alternatives except gmail.

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      Slowly working on hosting my own. Stuff like this is not fast for me since I am a hobbyist and not in tech professionally. But, I’m getting there.