This is both true and important, but I think the author was aware of it, and is ...

falcolas on Aug 8, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Moving 12 years of email from GMail to FastMail

This is both true and important, but I think the author was aware of it, and is willing to sacrifice that privacy for convenience (note how they moved from a private mail server to Gmail, then FastMail).