I agree, I’m a happy customer for several years as well. It’s not the cheapest service, but it’s no-nonsense and reliable.
I pointed my own domain to Fastmail and can use wildcard email addresses (like lemmy@mydomain.com) that all end in my inbox. Also my contacts are synced on the phone with Fastmail using CardDAV support, using the DAVX5 app on Android. It’s really nice to have this much flexibility.
It’s pretty ironic that this is hosted on a Microsoft owned service. I hope they have a mirror available somewhere
Assuming people know how to do that, this is preying on those who don’t.
It reminds me of all the nagging and lying that MS does, telling people who download other browsers that Edge is better for example. Almost everyone here with a bit of technical knowledge knows that is ridiculous. Now Edge already has 5% market share, more than Firefox though.
Eins verstehe ich nicht so ganz, was will man mit blockieren jetzt eigentlich erreichen? Den Erfolg von Threads so weit wie möglich verhindern? Ich glaube das ist sinnlos und ändert gar nichts.
Auf der anderen Seite, jene die Mastodon oder Lemmy aktuell nutzen, und vielleicht auch mit Threads interagieren wollen, sind jetzt gezwungen die Threads-App herunterzuladen - oder täusche ich mich da? Wenn dem so ist hat das meiner Meinung nach genau den gegenteiligen Effekt als gewünscht.
If Reddit wasn’t going downhill I wouldn’t mind paying to not see ads - if it helps keep the site running. But 6$/mo is very excessive for what is essentially a forum + link aggregator.
Disney+ for comparison isn’t much more expensive and I feel that I get a lot more value out of that, not to mention streaming isn’t cheap.
I’m just shocked at how bad that offer is, 6 dollars a month just for ad free browsing? Damn. All the other “benefits” seem completely worthless to me.
Exactly, what’s so grueling about the CP universe is that they have the tech and means of creating a utopia, but due to the extreme capitalism, corruption and overwhelming power of corporations nothing gets better. It’s like everyone who cares just gave up on fixing that society and everyone is just fending for themselves.