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Today it's commenting, tomorrow it might be watching a few bad videos

switch to Fastmail or literally anything else :)

It's crossed my mind, but would require more effort than not commenting on YouTube or using Google Cash

> locks me out of my 20 year old email account

And you effectively can't even run your own system, as has been discussed here many times.

But there‘s many providers that you pay actual money to (Like Fastmail) and if something goes wrong you, as a customer and not a potential ad target, are their top priority and you can call a human on the phone.

Exactly, vote with your dollars. Email is important and worth paying a few bucks a month for solid service.

Oddly enough, the EU isn’t racing to bust down the door of these “gatekeepers” and require third-party interoperability with this socially-critical service.

Pretty much just an apple thing as far as I can see.