Paying for Email Account?

JimB on 11/11/2021 - 12:53
Last edited 11/11/2021 - 12:53

Just wondering who pays for an email account.

I've had my Gmail account since it was invite only circa 2004. Got in early so got my 6 letter name as my gmail username (without a 1, 2, etc).

Back then it was 1GB and they use to increase it (with a counter too)… who they hell would fill up 1GB for emails?

come 2020, I've had to delete emails as my mailbox was approaching 15GB… and its' happened again today.

Blasphemy but now I'm just thinking to pay $25 p.a. to Google for 100GB just so I don't have to sit for hours deleting/filtering emails.

So who here pays for their personal email account?

Poll Options

  • 252
    Yes
  • 159
    No, but would consider
  • 154
    No, I'd rather create a second or fifth email account to get more free storage
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  • jonathonsunshine on 12/11/2021 - 16:05

    If you pay for GMail, will google stop reading them?

    • Oofy Doofy on 12/11/2021 - 17:10

      I also noticed you can't even type what you like in emails (Gmail) these days, they get blocked from being sent by Google. Unbelievable.

    • spaceflight on 15/11/2021 - 08:53

      Google doesn't read your e-mails to advertise to you on free or paid accounts.

  • Black Brown Blue on 12/11/2021 - 16:09

    Are you sure it's your mail reaching 15gb. Not your photos and videos backed up from your phone/tablet/laptop

  • CheeseBeans on 12/11/2021 - 16:22

    You should be aware that's combined storage over your google account, and may/is likely occupied by files stored in your drive and backups on google photos etc.

    You could easily find gigabytes of crap to remove.

  • EyyBanane on 12/11/2021 - 16:23

    I have just started paying for google one this month since started using gmail from 2014. But this is primarily due to google photos, drive and most of all entire family being able to use the shared storage.

  • whirlpool_guy on 12/11/2021 - 16:30
    +1

    I rent a server to self-host my email, so yes.

  • kaleidoscope on 12/11/2021 - 16:43
    +1

    Not so keen but would consider if it comes with other perks on privacy and limit tracking.
    I wudnt pay for storage as 95% of those emails are crap marketing junk

  • serpserpserp on 12/11/2021 - 17:29
    -1

    Weird humble brag on the Gmail from OP. I got mine on launch day. Best idea I ever had and glad I knew people to get me in early.

  • Sammy Boi on 12/11/2021 - 20:17

    I don't know how anybody would need that much email storage wouldn't it be more efficient to delete them

  • cashless on 12/11/2021 - 20:59

    Recall those days in 2004. Remember feeling left out & wondering what one had to do to get an invitation to open a gmail address
    A work colleague then announced to me he had a gmail address & 5 free invites to send out. I got one and immediately sent another to myself.
    Still have those 2 addresses, use one as a “retail burner”, the other for serious stuff .
    Neither are anywhere near full, so happy days.
    Think I still have a hotmail address somewhere as well…..
    As for paying. No way.

  • Leo Getz on 12/11/2021 - 23:45

    Originally signed up with OzEmail as the floppy disk came on a computer mag after I bought my first PC in 96 if I remember correctly.
    After awhile signed up with a small local ISP which has since become part of a much bigger one.
    Still have that very personal and private email address 20+ years later.
    Even though they are no longer my ISP I still pay a yearly subscription to keep that email address active.

  • plasmoske on 13/11/2021 - 00:30

    I actually do a lot of reviews for restaurants and shops etc. Google actually rewards me for doing so and my GB capacity has increased over the years. Great way I guess to get "free" upgrades.

    I like taking photos and writing anyway so doesn't take up much time, at all. I don't even write reviews that often 😅

  • living4music on 13/11/2021 - 01:13

    Have you ever thought about one day your email got hacked, gone and all your documents are gone as well?

  • aimon on 13/11/2021 - 07:11
    +3

    Protonmail will give you encrypted private email in Switzerland if privacy is your concern

  • aub on 13/11/2021 - 09:21
    +1

    I pay for a domain name and VPS to host my own email server.

    That counts as "paying for personal email", right?

  • DonWilson on 13/11/2021 - 09:27

    You can sort emails by size. The space is probably being filled with photo or video attachments. Download the attachments if you want them, delete the big emails.

  • couchy on 13/11/2021 - 10:48

    I’ve got my full name @aol.com and also hotmail.com had them since the 90s. I wouldn’t pay for them though!

  • ribze1 on 13/11/2021 - 12:27

    That's an insane amount of emails. Even my 8 years of work email/archive with countless spreadsheets attached wouldn't be close to 15gb.

  • payless69 on 13/11/2021 - 12:45

    Prefer a more secure option. Anybody got time to make a poll on options?

  • orangehead911 on 13/11/2021 - 13:40

    I’d pay the $2/month

  • D3HUN on 13/11/2021 - 14:03

    Pay for Google One, and you will end up wit a lot of space to share between your email but for photos and Google Drive as well.

  • down-under on 13/11/2021 - 18:17

    M365 family subscription user here, it includes 1TB onedrive and 50GB email storage per user (and monthly skype worldwide minutes which I also use occasionally), so far everything has been great 😄

    You can prepay for 5 year in advance when there’s a deal (which happens from time to time), and if you can make use of the 6 accounts (e.g. sharing with friends), it comes down to < $15/year per person. And yes, you also get a MS office for free, if you need it

  • Mrgreenz on 13/11/2021 - 18:42
    +2

    This thread motivated me to go from 99% to 60%

    Rather than the usual 99% to 97%

  • TightAssDude on 13/11/2021 - 21:20

    I back up my photos to google and One Drive, so I pay for the 200g plan.

    Don't be tight and fork out the couple of bucks needed.

  • JPMelb on 13/11/2021 - 22:27

    Protonmail is a great option for a burner email account option.

  • hashtagbargain on 14/11/2021 - 00:59

    Does anyone use hey.com? Seems user oriented and similar in pricing to fastmail

  • Jammar on 14/11/2021 - 09:03

    I have a $100 nas with 4tb that archive all my gmail and hotmail automatically when I switch on my email client.

  • So Was Red on 14/11/2021 - 10:51
    +1

    An older family member pays ~$20 per year to keep their old ISP's email service
    Despite my repeated 10 year long advice to switch to gmail incase they ever leave them

    I remember gmail being invite only! Was happy with hotmail at the time so didn't care much.

    An option for Google Photos is to upload via a Google Pixel device.
    The original Pixel gets free full res uploads for any pics/vids uploaded via the device

  • flabbergastedbro on 14/11/2021 - 11:04

    For anyone paying for iCloud, they now have custom domain email support and randomised aliases that forwards to your main account. Especially useful you want to keep separate email for separate accounts so if you decide to stop using some service, delete the alias.

  • TheRealCJ on 14/11/2021 - 11:27

    I pay for Google One storage, mostly so I don't have to worry about space anxiety when I save my camera images. I'm not so worried about cloud storage, since thanks to usb-c I can just carry one thumb drive to instantly transfer any data between my devices, and anything bigger than 128gb that I need to transfer is going to be on my NAS anyway.

  • kensaiD on 14/11/2021 - 13:02

    I don't pay necessarily for the email account, but I do pay for the google drive storage anyway, so it balances out.

  • bobs burgers on 14/11/2021 - 19:17
    +1

    I have a very nice 6 letter Gmail address that I stopped using (will keep active) but am happily paying tutanota for privacy reasons

  • truebunny on 15/11/2021 - 03:02

    I pay 2usd pm. is the yearly subscription cheaper?

  • Doy on 16/11/2021 - 11:00

    I pay for custom domain and have all my emails through mailbox.org. It’s so nice being able to tell people to email insertanythinghere@mycustomdomain.com, and always lets you know who sold your email to advertisers. Plus, no Google/Microsoft etc reading my mail!

  • Big Lez on 16/11/2021 - 13:29

    Subscribe to the cheapest Google one option. Pay using Google credits by completing surveys using Google rewards app. I've been doing this method to increase my storage on Google photos.

  • Hugh G Rection on 17/11/2021 - 08:24

    you have to much garbage if you have to pay for email. you better have a secretary also to go through all that junk mail.

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