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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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what are the best private email services that aren't invite only atm? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by wtry@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] 1984@lemmy.today 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They are a lot cheaper. Maybe they didn't want to pay for an expensive .com domain. The prices can be nuts, but usually only for short named ones.

[–] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

What? .com is generally around 10$/year and .me around 20$... In the grand scheme of things the cost of even the most expensive TLDs are inconsequential to a large operation like this.

Now if you're talking about buying back a domain from someone, sure. But that's a one time thing, and proton surely could afford tens of thousands of dollars if they wanted to.