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@hed wrote:

@Paule67

Using the Thunderbird mail client is free, the advertising is gone and you have many advantages over webmail.

A mail client is already preinstalled on the smartphone or tablet, you just have to configure it. This gives you more functions and convenience than with webmail and you are no longer bothered by advertising banners.

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@hed

Can I install a mail client on all “outside” desktop computers? No!

As mentioned, sometimes I have to do a Word document or something special away from home that requires a desktop computer where I can only log in via webmail. And then having to see these stupid advertisements just causes additional stress.

I have been with Swisscom for over 40 years and when have I received anything for my customer loyalty? Never

@Loxiran

For security reasons, you shouldn’t access webmail on someone else’s external computer anyway, or only in an emergency if it is protected like 2FA.

When I’m out of town and need to do things like this, I use my tablet or laptop.

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@hed wrote:

@Loxiran

For security reasons, you shouldn’t access webmail on someone else’s external computer anyway or only in an emergency if it is protected like 2FA.

When I’m out of town and need to do things like this, I use my tablet or laptop.

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@hed

Why should webmail on other computers be less secure than at home? I’m not talking about public computers, it’s logical that I don’t log into public computers.

But it can certainly be the case that someone needs to quickly log into webmail at their grandmother’s where they can help, or at other people/relatives/friends/family members or at their place of work or wherever.

Filling out a Word document is just easier using a real keyboard. I don’t have a separate keyboard for the iPad. So certain things are easier to do on a desktop or laptop than on an iPad/tablet or whatever.

The biggest weak point of Swisscom Webmail is that there is no separate login for this.

@Loxiran

If you look long enough, you will always find a rare case that justifies the use of webmail. But it is precisely in this rare case that the advertising banner is not a problem because it only appears once every leap year.

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@hed wrote:

@Loxiran

If you look long enough, you will always find a rare case that justifies the use of webmail. But it is precisely in this rare case that the advertising banner is not a problem because it only appears once every leap year.

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@hed

It is precisely in these cases, which are not that rare, that advertising is extremely annoying. Especially when links to spam and other advertising garbage are promoted.

@waegi, you’re doing something wrong. I always receive regular discounts when I take out or adjust a new subscription.

I am of the same opinion. It’s not just that Swisscom has the most expensive fees. I find it outrageous to now have the courage to charge money for a service that was previously taken for granted. Are the fees no longer enough to pay for staff benefits? Or should this be a test of how much Swisscom can increase the fees little by little.

Greetings

The heat of this thread reminds me of the discussion and outcry that went through the community when TV recording storage was limited to 2 years, including from me, btw 🙃

And today? Many have come to terms with it, at least I no longer see any fiery treatises on the subject. Maybe some people have moved on to the competition because of this.

What I want to say is that tempers will calm down again this time, especially since there are workarounds, as already shown several times in this thread.

The next ‘storm’ is already lurking around the corner, when we will have to pay to skip the TV commercials.

Until then, we should try to be friendly with each other so that we don’t scare away the helpful (now probably thick-skinned) experts in this community…

Cabonesha

@waegi

Then you no longer see the advertising, but instead you see an empty area.

In my opinion there is no way around a mail client (Outlook, Thunderbird,…).

I don’t have any free space. By the way, Outlook is no longer ad-free - the free version now also has advertising and you have to pay for the ad-free status.

@waegi exciting, the hint with Firefox and uBlock. I’ll try that…

I’m currently using Google Chrome, Adblock plus and pihole. I managed to get the webmail to suddenly disappear without any advertising and that old empty space at the top. But I was never able to reproduce it.

@waegi

There is nothing that is really free, the longer the time, the more “free” offers are financed through advertising.

But there are very cheap, ad-free offers. With a Microsoft 365 Family subscription, 6 family members who don’t even have to live in the same household have an annual license for 5 devices each. That means 30x Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook,… for CHF 110 per year. Each person also receives 1 TB of cloud storage.

and since users are too lazy to switch or they don’t think alternatives like Open Office or Linux are an option, you can easily milk them…

Ignorance and laziness do not protect against punishment.

Anyone who wants to get an idea.

Above is the webmail view from a web host, below from Swisscom (including corruption of the German language):

Glotzologist

By corruption do you mean the gender asterisk? This is actually outdated again. This only covers females and males. Not everyone else.

For example, you could write “Dear users, this is….blabla, etc.”, then it applies to everyone and can still be read without any problems…

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Glotzologe wrote:

Anyone who wants to get an idea.

Above webmail view from a web host, below from Swisscom (including corruption of the German language):

Glotzologist

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@Glotzologe

Please limit yourself to the topic of Swisscom. The gender star is now omnipresent and accepted in modern society.

We don’t have political discussions here. Whether you agree with a gender star or not is not the topic of this forum.

Thanks!