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I don't trust any company to not send me spam. Even if they don't do it today, they may get bought-out, hacked, or otherwise lose control of the data. Even if everything suggests that they won't spam me, I'm not entirely convinced. Even if they're the most upstanding company on the planet, I'm still not convinced. Based on past experience, you understand.


Well, I still have a spam filter algorithm. But I'm overall done balancing multiple personal email accounts because of the liability involved. If it gets hacked (and it's one I don't ever check), will I notice? It seems unwise to have extra email accounts open, potentially with my personal data and associated with my identity online.

It's also a matter of attention: I have a limited amount of it, and tracking multiple email accounts and managing a spam account isn't worthy of it.




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