A few days ago, the U.S. government sanctioned A/I for supporting “extreme far-left antifa terrorists”. If you didn’t know, A/I is an antifascist and anticapitalist group based in Italy, and they host a lot of services (like email, website hosting, etc.) run through donations. Their policy states that they are against racism, sexism, militarism, homophobia, and transphobia, and you have to agree to those principles to use their services. Their website and mailing server has been taken down, and unfortunately, that also means my email no longer works. It’s kind of insane how quickly the American government can take down internet services they don’t like. A/I has denied all of the allegations by the Trump admin, and rightfully so, they’re just a digital services provider who respect your privacy and are against fascism and bigotry.
relevant link if you want to read more about this: https://cavallette.noblogs.org/2026/08/10076
I still need to use email, so what’s a good alternative email provider that doesn’t profit off of my data? I have used Disroot in the past and had good experiences with their services, so they are currently my fallback. I have ruled out Proton and Tuta, as neither support IMAP properly.
Which is why I related it to the food thing. I’ve been physically addicted to very strong opiates after surgery in the hey day of “here everyone take the opiates” medicine. It certainly didn’t make me want more opiates, even if it was some of the most miserable days of my life.
I mean I’m addicted to nicotine but if it was made highly illegal I wouldn’t start shooting up fentanyl laced nic just to get my fix…
“Just smoke less. It’ll reduce your risk for cancer. You just need some self-control.”
That’s what you sound like.
Not really, because I don’t smoke. It’s kind of similar to how I have done drugs but I have never done crack or heroin.