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1. umvi+(OP)[view] [source] 2021-02-08 15:55:17
Yeah but most people aren't paying for g-mail. It's like if you were using T-mobile "free" plan where you don't have to pay anything but you get a number that starts with "TMO", and then getting mad when you can't transfer your free number to Verizon because T-mobile refuses to transfer it.
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2. lou130+I41[view] [source] 2021-02-08 21:20:03
>>umvi+(OP)
> Yeah but most people aren't paying for g-mail

...Or are they, except not in cash? :) Jokes aside, that's a fair observation, but then one should be able to "transfer" their address by paying a one-time fee, rather than getting a GSuite subscription.

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3. umvi+071[view] [source] [discussion] 2021-02-08 21:30:31
>>lou130+I41
True, email addresses ideally should be more like phone numbers where they are not tied to a specific corporate-owned domain (i.e. "gmail.com"). We would need some sort of standardized lookup though to support such a system.
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