Tim Bornholdt
Think your email’s private? Think again. Big tech email providers use your data as a way to get rich. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Fastmail CEO Bron Gondwana joins the show from the Land Down Under to chat about why “free” email isn’t free. Bron explains how email is the biggest social network in the world that isn’t ephemeral, why building digital products should align with your moral values, and how open source and open standards benefit all.
In this episode, you will learn:
- How email holds the story of your life
- How “free” email services like Gmail have a cost
- The benefits of paid services that don’t monetize user data
- The value in making tools that users don’t have to think about, so they can get in, get out, and get on with their lives
- What transparency and honesty have to do with building digital products
- Bron’s favorite tools and services focused on user privacy
- What open source and open standards are and how they’re valuable for building digital products
This episode is brought to you by The Jed Mahonis Group, where we make sense of mobile app development with our non-technical approach to building custom mobile software solutions. Learn more at https://jmg.mn.
Recorded November 30, 2020 | Edited by Jordan Daoust | Produced by Jenny Karkowski
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