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On email providers - I moved away from Gmail for my personal email address a few years ago, and now use iCloud. I've had very few issues with spam, and there are no ads. My personal email has much less volume than work, so I haven't really missed the advanced features of Gmail.

From a privacy perspective, how does iCloud compare to others like Fastmail?

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As far as I know, Australia forces email providers to give them backdoor into email:

https://fastmail.blog/2018/09/10/access-and-assistance-bill/

https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/7/18130806/australia-access...

I don’t know how it affects Apple or Fastmail’s non AUS customers. I still pay Fastmail just to support their mission.

https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/help-and-support/how-to-engag...

The disappointing thing about iCloud for me is the nonstandard 2FA.

No QR code you can scan into an app of your choice. No FIDO/U2F. No printable backup codes. You use your iPhone and if you want a backup, you'd better buy a mac.

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