LEAVING GMAIL
As mentioned in my previous bulletin, one of my first goals for this year was leaving the "free" email ecosystem that sells to or leverages our information for advertisers. I had always been bothered by the Google that became an advertisement agency and imminent weapons manufacturer, but it must be said that there was indeed a time when Google was largely ad-free and entirely concerned with indexing the Internet -- while noble, only a temporary goal. Google of course expanded its utilities for the exchange of information. I still have my gmail from 2005, even though I don't use it for anything of importance. I registered my riglow at riglow dot com email with its domain around 2011, when I made use of "Google Apps", a free service available when purchasing a domain with Google, prior even to Google Domains' beta launch around 2015. I owned a Chromebook which I used heavily while attending university. It had everything I needed, was lightweight, and only $30...