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I've had a paid mail service before and then life happened and I couldn't afford it and lost my main email address. This is going back probably 20 years or more.
I'm not sure I want to pay for my email but then I'm not sure what the alternative might be.
I'm open to suggestions!
I thought the same. That’s why I am on Proton which has a sufficient free tier (1GB). If I am not able to pay any of the higher tiers anymore, I can always fall back to the free one
Also, this supports growth of the “small” email providers which will allow them to get traction in the B2B sector.
Once they have grown, they can afford running consumer tiers at a loss and compensating this with other revenue streams - similar to what big tech is currently doing