I was an early user of Gmail, and for years I used the service despite knowing they were scraping my personal conversations for nefarious gains… I guess there was a kind of cognitive dissonance there. Either way, I eventually had enough. I finally discovered Fastmail which I actually like better than Gmail.

Their tagline is “Email you feel good about” and that’s exactly how I feel. This is a paid service (about $5 a month) and since email is an important part of my life I’m happy to pay for it and have my data be a secure and respected part of this service.

https://ref.fm/u22034064