this post was submitted on 06 Sep 2023
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Google can close your email account down at any time for any stupid reason they like and their nonexistant support will leave you standing in the rain without access to years of mails. Switch to a paid mailer with actual support ASAP
I once paid for Lavabit email and it was then raided by the NSA/CIA/FBI (Snowden case) and they shut everything down. I lost access to my account and to a 3rd party account that had a considerable amount of money pending withdrawal. I was never able to get the money. Lesson learnt: paying for your email won't save you.
Ya, never trust US companies. Their government's crazy to jump in and take anything they want; you may not even know they took it.
Well... Not sure if other gov won't act the same way in a similar situation.
I would rather say "do not trust companies that are in a jurisdiction friendly to yours".