An e-mail platform doesn’t enjoy the same kind of network effect as social media, so there won’t be any social penalty for never joining or leaving it. Unless he comes with a compelling reason to keep an account there, I don’t see it taking off.
ProtonMail is enough for me.
Shove that stupid ‘X’ up your ass, Musk.
When you throw enough shit at the wall, something’s bound to stick, I guess. Unless you’re a giant turd who thinks you’re a good entrepreneur.
I can’t wait for twitter’s youtube competitor Xvideos!
As an early adopter, I approve
I just tried that and now Human Resources wants me to come down to meet with them.
Maybe you’re winning an award!
That’s already on Twitter.
Don’t go there guys
This remembers me of the possibility of him buying TikTok and renaming it to “X Vídeos”. What are the odds of such a tragicomedy to happen?
That would be hilarious
I live in some hope that he renames his holding company “XCOM” so that it can join the likes of Skynet in making our childhoods real…
But xcom were supposed to be the good ones. Have we been lied all this time?
And also profess his love of hamsters.
I think it could happen. As soon as he’s in the government, they will decide that TikTok is illegal, and he’ll either launch the clone or buy the US version from them.
I actually believe it’s more likely than not.
Then the propaganda machine will include both Twitter and TikTok. You’ll probably never see a fair election again in the US.
I’ve seen popular social media get banned. Again and again. It doesn’t really lead to local alternatives gaining traction, it just leads to even a gramma knowing what a VPN is.
Wait didn’t they already decide TikTok was illegal? I thought that ban was taking effect soon
AFAIK it’s only banned for government officials and maybe their family.
It is apparently a full ban starting Jan19th
Called this before the election. Musk is going to try and angle to get his shitty platforms to be used exclusively by government agencies. It’s an out in the open plan to just steal and funnel taxpayer money for bullshit.
And just like that, I’m suddenly way more comfortable google…
The bar is pretty low, but yeah. At least Google provides a pretty good email service. I can’t have the same confidence in a Musk product.
I’ll be sticking with Protonmail, personally
I tried switching to Proton. They took my money somehow (I think I was looking over the paid options and then got distracted and auto filled. Basically I wasn’t paying attention) and then when I noticed on my cc bill I contacted them to say 'hey, I didn’t mean to pay for all these features I don’t need and am not using. Can I please have a refund?" They were like “lol it’s been a month and 2 days so no, enjoy your 17 email addresses and some other crap you aren’t using and don’t need.”.
Still looking for an alternative to Google but it isn’t going to be Proton.
That honestly seems like a reasonable response from Proton. You signed up for their paid service; you’re not entitled to a refund because you weren’t paying attention
You are correct, which is why I didn’t pursue the matter. They can keep my money, they’ve lost a customer.
They are providing a SERVICE. I was not using the service, I didn’t need it. The mistake might have been mine (assuming it wasn’t a dark pattern or sketchy design) but they had a choice: keep my money and tell me to go fuck myself (which they did) or refund my money at no cost to them. This wasn’t a box of goods that they would have to take back and reinventory.
I would have purchased the lower tier of service (which I explained to the rep) and continued to use their services, and I would have been telling you about how they were reasonable and I am a happy customer.
I had already invested significant effort in moving my email over, it was a pain to shift back, but if Proton’s answer to a simple problem is “fuck you, we’ve got ours.”, I’ll pass. I spent a lot of time on their 'pick a paid service" page because I was going to pay for one of their lower tiers, I just hadn’t decided which one.
I can’t wait for the first story about how someone’s email account got deleted because they said something less than complimentary about man child Musk on Twatter.
He probably started to become active in politics so he can create the UXA at some point.
GMail could actually use more competitors. However I definitely won’t be trusting Musk with my email.
You can use bullshit X email for bullshit social media accounts like Reddit. Sweet.
You mean giving him an easily scrape-able database of my social media interactions and interests/internet footprint via junk mail lists/marketing ads from sites I visit and sign up for?
Thank you but I’m personally going to pass.
I will be sure to auto filter any emails from that shit.
Free with the service: a thrice daily digest of edgy quotes from The Xavior, reasons why He is perfect and completely enlightened, and a plethora of ads for musk-related merchandise and products.
No unsubscription option from this will be available. But that’s okay. The cult will gleefully lap all that shit up.
Sure musk, get my private stuff. No, F off you nazi as*hole.
You’re allowed to swear on the Internet.
Fuck yeah
Yeah! Hell, damn, fart!
finally we get to answer the question: can emails set on fire?
It’s self-destruct and it’s a feature!
