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Old 20 Apr 2017, 09:23 AM   #308
ChinaLamb
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Originally Posted by klamm View Post
Where can I read about why fastmail is better than gmail for instance?
Fast mail and Gmail are two different companies with different business models. With Gmail, you are the customer and you pay by giving Gmail access to your data, and Gmail makes money off your data by selling information about you. Gmail makes a boat load of cash off you and your data.

Fastmail sells email service to you, the customer and you pay with real money. Fastmail doesn't get access to your data, and they don't sell your data. Fast mail makes just enough to cover the cost of their service.

That's the biggest difference.
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