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Bought a $60 encrypted email service after my main account got flagged for a political newsletter
On one hand, it feels like paying a tax just to have a private conversation online. On the other, it's the only way I can reliably send updates to my group without our whole thread getting shadow-banned. Anyone else feel forced to pay for basic communication tools now?
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riverg753d ago
Remember when you could just talk without buying a pass? Now it's like every basic thing needs a subscription. Need privacy? Pay up. Don't want ads listening? That's another fee. They turned normal life into a series of toll booths.
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wesley1393d ago
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jesse_cooper13h ago
My buddy's newsletter got hit last month with the same filter. He switched from Mailchimp to a smaller service called ConvertKit and the deliverability shot way up. Sometimes these big platforms just have weird automated flags that catch good senders. It's worth trying a free trial on another service before giving up on the list.
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