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Google's practice of requiring Gmail addresses for user accounts is illegal, according to a German court ruling. The parent company of GMX and Web.de (Ionos) had filed a lawsuit. (www.zdfheute.de)

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[–] crimeschneck@sopuli.xyz -1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I'm confused: So you needed a Gmail address for a Google user account, but how can you have a Gmail address without a Google user account?

[–] SpongyAneurysm@feddit.org 5 points 1 day ago

You can't, but they will create a Gmail account for you when you open up a Google account (like when you start using a regular Android phone).

The complaint here is, that you can't simply use your mail account from a different provider to do something like that and that all of Googles services tie into that Gmail account they create for you.