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The era of 15GB "free" Gmail storage is ending - but the truth is that it never was
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You guys still use gmail ? ๐คฃ
this post was submitted on 15 May 2026
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๐ exactly.
When they combined all google services to one drive, including Photos and mail sharing the same 15gb, I decided to drop all google services
Never looked back.
Google feels like a service you can't live without but honestly moving away from it works great for me
The only service that I still keep is Calendar as I need it to sync with my partners google calendar
I haven't really tried to see if things work with an other service
email service is cheap. Just go pay for fastmail. It is easier to degoogle yourself than you think and not that expensive.
Gmail is only useful for junk mail anyways.. nothing gets read in my google email.
I've been burned by spam on my duck.com privacy email that forwards to my personal, after switching its forward address to a bin account (it literally starts with ddgtrashheap) I fully recommend using a duck alias so as to protect your personal address, and have an out if it gets compromised. Now the only emails in my gmail account are from companies I don't trust, like when a retailer uses shopify.
I guess this sub will already be weary of Google services. But everyone should have a burner, prepaid sim card. Companies keep asking for a phone number mandatory, and I keep a junk sim card the way I keep a junk email I throw it away and get a new one every couple of years. I keep it deactivated at all tines in a dual sim phone and only turn it on when I'm expecting a verification message. Highly recommended. Although I know dome countries don't have this available.
Weary and wary, yep.