Comments on: DotMac.DotLame

By: I Can’t Find MobileMe - GigaOM

I Can’t Find MobileMe - GigaOM — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:59:15 +0000

[...] free services occassionaly suffer downtime. Apple’s DotMac service, predecessor to MobileMe was as temperamental as John McEnroe in his heyday. (Related Story: dotMac, time for a makeover.) The only saving grace [...]

By: Creative Friday » Blog Archive » Too Many Email Services

Creative Friday » Blog Archive » Too Many Email Services — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:45:48 +0000

[...] (Con) The .Mac service for me has been way too sketchy to be relied on for my main [...]

By: Diego

Diego — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 11:33:57 +0000

Ab: Who are you asking? I use GMail and love it.

By: Ab

Ab — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 07:59:39 +0000

which email service have you switched to?

By: Diego Barros

Diego Barros — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 22:59:23 +0000

Rip on .Mac? People should rip on .Mac because it’s overpriced and the service is looking dated. I mean, where is the ajax goodness? :) And now it’s unreliable. People should expect better for that amount of money. If the service was free, then fine, you put up with stuff like that (or move elsewhere). .Mac needs a serious update. With so many people paying money for this service it is news when it’s not meeting people’s expectations.

By: JanSolo

JanSolo — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 21:07:03 +0000

Everyone has a gripe about some service, whether it be AOL, .Mac, MSN, Comcast – whatever. But is a former Business 2.0 writer so desperate for content that we need to rip on .Mac? Why not report on something more interesting in the industry like YouTube surpassing MySpace (and funding Limelight’s current profits) or chat about the floundering AOL converting over to a subscription model?

By: Don Smith

Don Smith — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 15:59:46 +0000

When I first joined .mac ite seemed there was a free software download or a new feature almost monthly. It would seem Apple has lost interest eventhough all then new iApps seem to have .mac further embedded.

I'm waiting for that killer app for .mac, but it's just not happening yet.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 15:02:13 +0000

Dot mac is without a doubt the worst Apple purchase I’ve ever made. The IMAP mail is unreliable, and SPAM ridden – without even an option for filtering in the webmail client. The iDisk/finder interaction is terrible – slow, unreliable, and with much less storage space than the ‘industry standard’ for a $100 a year service.

By: ambatchdotcom secontest

ambatchdotcom secontest — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 13:43:33 +0000

I read this on other sites, but still don\’t read what is really happening to them

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 13:27:40 +0000

I couldn’t agree more Om. I’ve been going thru various subscrition sites I belong to that have my .mac address listed as the contact for me – I’ve been changing them all to my gmail account. I also just went to my .mac account and “unchecked” the option to auto-renew. I will not pay for this service ever again. I just don’t see the point. I’ve lost more email in the last 4 months using that service than the entire time I’ve been on the web – 10 yrs. Not worth the cost, headache or worry.

By: Diego Barros

Diego Barros — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 12:43:53 +0000

I’m another that had a .Mac account for a few years. But when my account cam eup for renewal, I didn’t see the benifit I got for the money. I can cover most that .Mac offers with free services. GMail. Box.net. etc. Although the syncing between machines is sweet.

By: D. Lialios

D. Lialios — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 09:08:56 +0000

I am using this service for almost a year now. I am not depending on the .mac email service for my communications because I am more than happy with my provider. Other than that, I didn’t have any problems with .mac. On the contrary I love the way it is integrated in the system. I know of all the alternatives that exist but it is more of a hassle to set them up to do the same thing.

By: Keith L. Dick

Keith L. Dick — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 07:33:52 +0000

Apple has made a Few Dumb Decisions and .MAC was one of them…

Pricing and lack of features was the biggest mistakes…

By: Ben Kelly

Ben Kelly — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 06:04:21 +0000

I have to concur with you comments about dotmac, I had an account for two years, but chose not to renew it when it came up just over a month ago. Spending $100 for a service which is ostensibly reproduced free by a number of other providers doesn’t make sense. But more than that, the speed of the service is so slow, when compared to typical Google services that there is no perception that you are getting value for money. That is something Apple has been doing great with with its hardware but in the web services space it needs a wake up call. If there isn’t a big announcement around dotmac at WWDC then I think we should start writing the obituary

By: Derek

Derek — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 05:49:48 +0000

A more than valid excuse to rant about the dotMac service. Of late, Apple seems to have lost its credibility through my eyes. The shiny luster of Apple hardware can no longer mask the negative aspects which I have recently encountered. My recent "Apple: Genius Bar reps should have known" post is a small dent in my own recent and continued experiences with Apple.

On the dotMac front, Apple definitely needs to revamp the service. If I could manage to find a way to replace dotMac with my Box.net account I would be one happy camper again.

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 05:40:52 +0000

sure, but when you pay $100 a year, come on you gotta have some expectations. its not a free service, and its also email which one depends on. this is a legit rant. and i don’t do that too often, unless it seriously is having a detrimental impact on my working life.