I've replaced it with purelymail.com (not affiliated) - and I'm happy with that. Been with the service for about 4 months now. Yes, there is occasional spam, but fine with that.
They offer calendar as well, works fine but I am not using it. Running my own self-hosted instance of NextCloud and using that for cal and contacts.
"Google does not care about their users". Well.. I am not sure about that, but there is always the option of not using Google products, or using as few as possible Google products.
- I've closed my G Suite legacy free edition (as opposed to transitioning to paid)
- I've moved away and stopped using Gmail, Drive, Photos and Keep
I am still using maps & youtube - these are a bit tricky to replace.
No hard-feelings, Google is no longer the company/innovator it used to be (remember back on 2005 got an invitation for gmail, and I was over the moon).
Not for me, but.. A honest question - now, when G suite legacy free edition is closing down, here's a chance to offer a service that's not "piggy-backing" on gmail (or any other provider).
You could "re-create Inbox" by providing email hosting with same/similar features - already lined up on your page.
Not an electronics engineer, but have enjoyed the read. If you can pull this off, more power to you.
With soldered storage and RAM onto the boards becoming nowadays fairly common, the author can probably open up a business and do this as a side-job or full time!
Add Chromebooks into the mix, and you'll probably have customers.
Could not agree more. They're big-corp specific and if you can avoid them - that would be a big plus for you. I can't. They lack value while being a complete waste of time. You may think it's no biggie - "but I'm getting paid for the meetig time".
True, however - they can wear you down in time, if three-four times a day... and you are still expected to deliver, regardless the time spent in meetings.
That's only my oppinion, I know some folks are fine with long meetings. My view on this is - I am not an entertainer (aka meetings "super-star"), I would like to keep it short & to the point.
Regarding the article, there is some good stuff in there, that may or may not apply to everyone (especially if you have kids).