Some things worked better (Facebook and Co I don’t miss), others less so (Google simply finds the stuff I want to find). Moved off of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Windows, Google, Dropbox, etc. If I did not manage, excellent too - I should find alternatives to “addictive” services.

If I did manage, excellent - I did not need the service. I did an experiment: try and move away from the big brands and offers. Multi factor authentication for every login might not be an overkill - especially if you’re not frequently dropping by to keep tabs on things.īit of a back story: I had a phase mistrusting the big IT brands or rather my use of their service. It is a matter of minutes for the piping to be switched to a different service or set up a man-in-the-middle attack, especially if you’re not checking your settings or interacting with your DNS service frequently. There is one critical thing to keep in mind when going the own-domain-route - now, you have to secure at least two things: your email account and your account with your domain registrar. I went with my own domain to ensure that I have the flexibility to change email services in the back if I so choose without having to inform everyone about a changed address.

These days, I am shifting from FastMail to Office 365 since I like the integration of mail and calendar in Outlook - even Outlook Web Access, nowadays. I came from GMail plus work email address and after going freelance went to my own domain with FastMail.

Protonmail own domain