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Elena Rossini 馃寛 @_elena@mastodon.social

The journey of tech empowerment and liberation from tech bros can be a long, bumpy road.

The biggest tech regret of my adult life is that I didn't use a custom domain name as my main email address, so that when things invariably go south, I can simply hop to a new email provider.

The hundred or so email aliases I made with #Proton are a real headache right now. Time to clean up my mess.

What am I talking about? This ICYMI: 404media.co/manifestos-fear-an

#NoAI #enshittification #ProtonMail

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Svavar the Neurozesty @svavar@masto.svavar.com

@_elena

I鈥檝e had a custom domain for my main email since 2004 with unique email addresses for every single website without fail.

It removes a huge amount of spam and fraudulent emails and shows exactly who鈥檚 been breached.

I can鈥檛 imagine doing email any other way and being able to transparently switch providers has been huge.

It鈥檚 never too late. I hope you find a domain you like and can live with.

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Elena Rossini 馃寛 @_elena@mastodon.social

@svavar thank you Svavar. I've had a custom domain (for my website) for 15 years. I regret not using it as my default email address, sigh. It's already connected to Proton, so I set it as my default mailing address and created a bunch of aliases (for shopping, newsletters, etc.) as I get ready - at a slow pace - to possibly make a switch... number one lesson to impart to my 5-year-old (I bought her a domain name when she was a month old)

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