Bye Bye Gmail
2 months ago
- #privacy
- #AI-ethics
- Author requests removal of @gmail.com as primary email due to privacy concerns with AI summaries and data usage.
- Expresses discomfort with AI-generated email summaries and inability to disable them without losing essential features like Smart Tabs.
- Highlights a new Google policy where emails may be reviewed by humans and used to train LLMs, which the author finds unacceptable.
- Announces switch to Microsoft-hosted email to avoid Google's data practices, with a humorous nod to ProtonMail as a future alternative.
- Criticizes the loss of personal touch in digital communication and the broader implications of AI in everyday tools.