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mk  ·  4525 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Yahoo!'s great new email update
No kidding, eh?

I remember reading that Gabriel Weinberg of DuckDuckGo had gotten tons of requests for DDG email. I would pay for DDG email.

Not sure why people assume a search engine service should branch into email, but I'd be all about DDGM.





lessismore  ·  4525 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I think the reason people ask him to offer an email service is not because of the fact that DDG is a searching engine service. It is because he cares about people's privacy while offering a very compelling search service and hope that he can do the same for email.
mk  ·  4525 days ago  ·  link  ·  
True enough. That's why I'd want DDG mail.

These big I-want-to-know-everything services are really creating a lot of viable niches.

Everyone on HN is always talking about fixing email, but just making a quality email that protected your privacy would solve a very real problem.