Comment by Test0129

3 years ago

Exporting an XML file from a database of already existing emails is very likely a query that takes milliseconds to run automatically.

If it's true they require you pay to export emails it sounds like borderline extortion.

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nells  3 years ago

Then buying any digital good or licence is extortion. After all it’s just an INSERT query! They could just do it for free, yet they refuse to…

  • kuramitropolis  3 years ago

    It's artificial scarcity, which to me is immoral, but it is what it is.

    In your example, you have the choice not to buy the license. In the case of Protonmail, they already have your emails, and are already serving them to you, so holding your correspondence hostage if you want to export it all in one go is a bit of a dick move.