[jvannistelrooy]

I've been trying out Protonmail which I'm happy with, but in practice I'm still using Gmail.

I'm reluctant to move away from my @gmail address, and inform all my contacts to use the new one. Besides that, I notice that orally communicating [anything]@gmail.com is much easier than any other domain. I wish I could take my gmail address to another service.

[mysterypie]

> orally communicating [anything]@gmail.com is much easier than any other domain

Sure, if you had the foresight to reserve [e-mail] twelve years ago, but today you'll have to use [e-mail]. Chances are that you won't even get [e-mail].

However, chances are better for [e-mail], [e-mail], etc.

[jvannistelrooy]

That's indeed a good reason to pick another domain. I hope non-gmail domains will become more common because of that. It might lower the barrier to switch for many people.

[MrMember]

I managed to get [e-mail] (account created in 2004ish) but for my Proton Mail account I had to add in my middle initial.

[eequah9L]

Yep, that one was taken by the dude that couldn't use @gmail, because you already had it ;)

[amcooper]

I switched to Protonmail in November. I'm using the free version now, and it's fine.