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[–] matmarspace@programming.dev 17 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I actually love email. It's great that we have a standard and open protocol for sending and receving virtual mail. Without email we would be now probably using some closed-source proprierary and not interoperable solution witch locks you in. I'm glad it didn't happen.

[–] cmt@lemmy.today 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I will fight anyone who disagrees with the fact that email is the best protocol ever invented. It is perfect. Arbitrary text, file attachments, e2ee with gpg. It has zero downsides for most things. It's just been destroyed by corpos :/

[–] matmarspace@programming.dev 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

What about ip over avian carriers? I think it's better 😅

But yes. Email is great. :3

[–] cmt@lemmy.today 1 points 7 minutes ago

Eh, it suffers from higher than useful packet loss and has absurdly high latency.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This memey post isn't about Email as a concept, it's about the state of commercial communication companies and the way we access having email.

[–] matmarspace@programming.dev 1 points 1 hour ago

Don't worry. I get it. :3 I'm just adding another perspective to the discussion.

I as well like email, it just has to be managed. Then you threw in the alternative involved a solution with a witch locking me in, and I'm intrigued to know more.

[–] Bieren@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Click here to unsubscribe. Great; it will take 4-10 days. It never unsubscribes.

[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If in EU: make a GDPR complaint. Unsubscribing should be instant and no more difficult than signing up

[–] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Can I use a VPN to permanently pretend I'm in the EU?

[–] Retrograde@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

As far as most websites are concerned, yeah totally

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 46 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

BONTO! has had a security breach. Your data has been stolen. We're sorry.

[–] Ashelyn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 2 days ago

In my experience, you find out BONTO! had a security breach via an Ars Technica article published around 4 months after the fact because the data was found on the dark web. Zero correspondence from the company itself except in rare circumstances

[–] TypFaffke@feddit.org 28 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Your privacy is very important to BONTO! Please give us permission to share your data with the following 465 companies

[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 15 points 2 days ago

Please give us permission to share your data with the following 465 companies

Those are amateur numbers. No wonder BONTO is getting aquired and restructured. They need to get those privacy invasion numbers up!

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[–] SnortsGarlicPowder@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Have you ever gotten an email for a breach from the company that leaked your personal data? Haveibeenpwned.com is how I found out about my breaches.

[–] Nachtnebel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What a coincidence! This is how I found out about your breaches, too

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[–] Subverb@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago (3 children)

BONTO! sucked anyhow. BONMO~ is the FOSS replacement that does everything better.

They're looking for devs btw, which is why it's been so long without an update or bug fixes.

Donate HERE.

[–] quant@leminal.space 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

And if for some godforsaken reason you're looking for help:

JOIN OUR DISCORD™ (whaddya mean you don't wanna?)

[–] axEl7fB5@lemmy.cafe 2 points 1 day ago

This repository was archived by the owner on Jun 5, 2025. It is now read-only.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

BONMO~'s Kickstarter campaign turned out to be a scam, no refunds for existing investors, sowwy.

Anyway, now that the only alternative to BONTO! is dead, BONTO! merged with [weirdly popular social media company that you never paid attention to] and BONTO! is offering new subscription plans that give great deals if you pay for three years ahead of time for the low, low price of $450. Also, where will BONTO! be in 3 years? ¯\__(ツ)_/¯

[–] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

BONTO! Has been turned into a cube

Click here to unsubscribe to the cube

[–] mad_lentil@lemmy.ca 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You don' hate email; you hate capitalism.

[–] Rooty@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, use disposable mail adresses for registering

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I love how almost every societal complaint or struggle can be traced back to the idea that there are a small number of people trying to take the money from a large number of other people for as unfair of an exchange as physically possible.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Meanwhile:

No, I don't like e-mails, they're all spam, I only have an account to register other accounts. Why can't we continue our chat here on Natziapp (formerly known as Chatter)? Yes, I know, it's full of nazis, and stuff, but if we convince him hard enough, he could change for the better.

[–] gex@lemmy.world 229 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Then 3 years later

Brooks, Herman and Anderson Law firm - Bonto data privacy class action lawsuit

[–] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 74 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Get your .0012¢ for a $7 processing fee!

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[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 26 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

In the late 90s there was a women's magazine called Bust, and for some reason they'd also let you have a bust dot com email account if you wanted. You could email me at cleavage@bust.com, and those were creative fun days of the Internet.

ETA: it still exists as a quarterly internet magazine but it is NOTHING like it was, it was a great magazine.

[–] lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone 101 points 2 days ago (2 children)

BONTO! will be deleting your data soon

Log into BONTO! to save your data

BONTO! will be deleting your data soon

BONTO! will be deleting your data soon

BONTO! has archived your data

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[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago (7 children)
[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago

I'm so happy this site is still running.

It's an enduring artifact of when the Internet was still fun.

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[–] ddash@lemmy.dbzer0.com 118 points 3 days ago (16 children)

BONTO! was sooo good. Like it really improved the Slorpiness.

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[–] piefood@feddit.online 35 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I actually love email. While yes, this post is accurate, email is the most filterable communication system that I have. Since I have my own email-server, and I know how procmail rules work, I can tightly control who is allowed to contact me, and what folders their messages go into. It also has great crowd-sourcing of known spammers, that I can pull from to help me filter out spammy IP addresses.

Every other message system only has a "report spam" button, that is dependent on the service admins, and doesn't actually stop people from sending me annoying junk-mail.

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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 7 points 1 day ago

Email is the original Fediverse.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 44 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Wait what? BONTO is shutting down??? Aww man...

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