| > So glad I'm evaluating other email providers and use Privoxy for ad-blocking. I find it to be not that easy to find good alternatives. In the long run good products require money, and money is massively flowing at advertisement currently. That's why the big players are Google (ads), Facebook (ads), and I suspect that's why Microsoft is starting to massively collect user data (from Windows 10). Building good competition requires money flowing at them, and people don't seem willing to pay for such products. The only alternatives I see currently are: - A change of rules (laws) regulating advertisement and personal data. - A change of the funding system to give more opportunities to people to unite and bootstrap their own initiatives (basic income?). - A subscription-based subset of Internet were you pay $10-$30 each month and can access to a high-quality service providers (news, email providers, etc). - A major actor benevolently sponsoring such efforts (states or other wealthy entities with funding capabilities). |