I've had a custom domain for my family's email for most of my adult life. I can report that nobody cares and it has nothing to do with being an adult. It's just something geeks do sometimes. These...
I've had a custom domain for my family's email for most of my adult life. I can report that nobody cares and it has nothing to do with being an adult. It's just something geeks do sometimes.
These days, I use my gmail address most of the time because the forwarding adds a bit of latency.
(Possibly this blog post was meant ironically, or there's some circle of geeks that cares about such stuff and it's not intended for a wider audience.)
Custom domains can also be a nightmare - sites with overly restrictive email validation don't think it's a real domain, and god forbid you ever try to relay it on the phone to someone. I had...
Custom domains can also be a nightmare - sites with overly restrictive email validation don't think it's a real domain, and god forbid you ever try to relay it on the phone to someone. I had enough trouble with my university email. If you're going to do it, I wouldn't stray from .com. .email, .name, .computer, .nyc, .tokyo, all sound like a recipe for pain.
The beauty of @gmail.com is that at this point everyone can autocomplete "gmail.com". Like you can just mumble "gee meal" and everyone will just replace whatever you pronounced with "gmail.com".
I have a .pizza TLD and you are right about the headache. Lots of sites just don't recognize it as a valid email, so I have to keep a Gmail anyway. But even giving it to other people is rife with...
I have a .pizza TLD and you are right about the headache. Lots of sites just don't recognize it as a valid email, so I have to keep a Gmail anyway.
But even giving it to other people is rife with misunderstanding. I often have to add "no .com, no .net, nothing". But they try to add it anyway. Or in one instance of my bad handwriting, tried to email .pizz9 instead.
My first gut reaction to reading this was "Huh, I've met this CS guy before." Don't be like this guy. There is zero reason for arrogance at any level of technical skill. Listing off the benefits...
My first gut reaction to reading this was "Huh, I've met this CS guy before."
Don't be like this guy. There is zero reason for arrogance at any level of technical skill. Listing off the benefits of using your own domain is a chance to educate those who would have never thought of it. But decreeing that 'This is the way or you look stupid!' is a sure fire way to get people to walk the opposite direction and stick with their gmail/outlook.
Agreed. Some people just aren't technical, and alienating them is incredibly unhelpful when the risks to digital privacy and an open Web are faced by everyone, not just holier-than-thou developers...
Agreed. Some people just aren't technical, and alienating them is incredibly unhelpful when the risks to digital privacy and an open Web are faced by everyone, not just holier-than-thou developers and sysadmins.
Google doesn't read your emails, and they certainly don't let advertisers read them. It would be pretty simple to verify if this was happening if they were actually doing it. This guy also goes...
Google doesn't read your emails, and they certainly don't let advertisers read them. It would be pretty simple to verify if this was happening if they were actually doing it.
This guy also goes off complaining about some anti phishing setup they have, which may be unnecessary for him but is probably incredibly useful for less tech savvy people, especially the elderly. And just in general, phishing emails can look very convincing to anyone who isn't prepared for them.
It is useful conceptually, but in practicality it is an egregious overstep and invasion of privacy for an email server to modify emails it recieves. Google can (and it this case, seems to) read...
It is useful conceptually, but in practicality it is an egregious overstep and invasion of privacy for an email server to modify emails it recieves. Google can (and it this case, seems to) read your emails because email is an inherently insecure protocol. Considering Google is the largest advertising agency in the world and user data is highly valuable to them, why wouldn't they skim for more data points to add to your advertising profile?
Insulting people isn't an effective way to convince anyone. This was difficult to read
Eek yeah I don't vibe with his language/tone. Is it meant to be more comical/relatable by writing arrogantly?
I've had a custom domain for my family's email for most of my adult life. I can report that nobody cares and it has nothing to do with being an adult. It's just something geeks do sometimes.
These days, I use my gmail address most of the time because the forwarding adds a bit of latency.
(Possibly this blog post was meant ironically, or there's some circle of geeks that cares about such stuff and it's not intended for a wider audience.)
Custom domains can also be a nightmare - sites with overly restrictive email validation don't think it's a real domain, and god forbid you ever try to relay it on the phone to someone. I had enough trouble with my university email. If you're going to do it, I wouldn't stray from .com. .email, .name, .computer, .nyc, .tokyo, all sound like a recipe for pain.
The beauty of @gmail.com is that at this point everyone can autocomplete "gmail.com". Like you can just mumble "gee meal" and everyone will just replace whatever you pronounced with "gmail.com".
I have a .pizza TLD and you are right about the headache. Lots of sites just don't recognize it as a valid email, so I have to keep a Gmail anyway.
But even giving it to other people is rife with misunderstanding. I often have to add "no .com, no .net, nothing". But they try to add it anyway. Or in one instance of my bad handwriting, tried to email .pizz9 instead.
My first gut reaction to reading this was "Huh, I've met this CS guy before."
Don't be like this guy. There is zero reason for arrogance at any level of technical skill. Listing off the benefits of using your own domain is a chance to educate those who would have never thought of it. But decreeing that 'This is the way or you look stupid!' is a sure fire way to get people to walk the opposite direction and stick with their gmail/outlook.
Agreed. Some people just aren't technical, and alienating them is incredibly unhelpful when the risks to digital privacy and an open Web are faced by everyone, not just holier-than-thou developers and sysadmins.
Google doesn't read your emails, and they certainly don't let advertisers read them. It would be pretty simple to verify if this was happening if they were actually doing it.
This guy also goes off complaining about some anti phishing setup they have, which may be unnecessary for him but is probably incredibly useful for less tech savvy people, especially the elderly. And just in general, phishing emails can look very convincing to anyone who isn't prepared for them.
It is useful conceptually, but in practicality it is an egregious overstep and invasion of privacy for an email server to modify emails it recieves. Google can (and it this case, seems to) read your emails because email is an inherently insecure protocol. Considering Google is the largest advertising agency in the world and user data is highly valuable to them, why wouldn't they skim for more data points to add to your advertising profile?