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UPDATED, pinged the problem children. @mozilla@mastodon.social @thunderbird@mastodon.online Sigh. I was hoping that #Thundermail #Mozilla #email would be good. NOOOOOOOPE. I had my #localLLM review their Terms of Service #TOS and #PrivacyPolicy . Its general Big Tech nonsense. My words, not the LLM. Terms of Service fuckups The "Arbitrary Dictator" Clause (Section 9c). WE'S DONT LIIKE THE CUT OF YOUR JIB. No due process. Fuck right outta here, no refunds. The "We Don't Care If You Lose Everything" Clause (Sections 11 & 12). You pay for a service but they promise absolutely nothing. They could shut down tomorrow, and youre SOL. The "Pay Our Lawyers" Clause (Section 13). If you fuck up, or not even fuck up and someone comes after them and they mention you, YOU have to pay their legal bills. The "We Can Change the Rules Whenever We Want" Clause (Section 14). Usual Big Tech bullshittery. (LACK OF) Privacy Policy The "We Use Your Real Emails to Test Stuff" Clause (Section: Processing Purposes). These fuckers actually use YOUR personal emails on their testing systems. The "Manual Review" of Private Emails (Section: Private Information: MZLA Access). If they THINK you might violate their ToS or their authoritarian feels, they read everything of yours. The "We Know You Opened This" Trap (Section: Cookies/Tracking) They pixel-tag their emails that you cant bloody turn off. The "Data Retention Black Hole" (Section: Security and Retention) Theres no time limit how long they'll feed your REAL EMAILS in their testing systems, or how long they retain anything. The "Third-Party Data Sharing" Loophole (Section: Sharing) Oooooh, like, uhhh, DATA BROKERS? And who needs a court order? We'll just call it "fraud and abuse". They want to pretend they're an upstart, 'To The Power of the People' or some bullshit. In reality this is yet another Big Tech 'Fuck you I got Mine' terms of service and privacy policy.

After more than a year on the waitlist, my Thundermail Early Bird invite finally landed. I subscribed without a second of hesitation and grabbed dol@tb.pro and dima@tb.pro before anyone else could. Do I need them? Absolutely not. I already run my own three-letter domain, I am on Proton Visionary, Apple One Premier, and a dozen mailboxes I barely open. But this was never about need. I want @thunderbird@mastodon.online to make it. I want at least one piece of email infrastructure left standing that Big Tech cannot swallow. That is worth a subscription without a use case. FOMO did the clicking. Conviction pays the bill. #Thunderbird #Thundermail #Mozilla #Email #OpenSource #Privacy #Blog #Thoughts #FOSS #Fediverse

It’s happening! As of right now, I am testing Thunderbird Pro services. I have been waiting for this moment since forever. I am euphoric! Let’s hope it lives up to my expectations 👀 #Thundermail #Thunderbird #ThunderbirdPro #EarlyBird #TBpro #Stalwart #Appointment #Send