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  • flamingos@feddit.ukF [email protected]

    Do you have any recommendations for someone who just uses them for email?

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    https://purelymail.com/

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    • N [email protected]

      Ah yes, I too require everyone else to only express views that agree with my own or else keep silent. Of course, I am the only person allowed to have nuanced opinions.

      🤡

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      #44

      We dont use real names on the internet for a reason.

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      • flamingos@feddit.ukF [email protected]
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        This might sound crazy but this is way worse to me than the CEO simping for orange man. At least for Trump he has a semi plausible excuse.

        Reposting stuff on Mastodon or Bluesky barely requires any additional effort. And I cannot think of a good reason to close abandon the free publicity when they already have it set up.

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          Not even Bluesky, they went straight to Reddit. Shame.

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          #46

          It's a sad day when "you can find us over on Discord" is a better option.

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          • extremedullard@lemmy.sdf.orgE [email protected]

            Here is the tweet - if that's not the most flagrant Trump bootlicking, I don't know what is:

            https://tildes.net/~society/1ldg/proton_ceo_tweets_support_for_donald_trumps_department_of_justice_pick_and_the_us_republican_party

            And here is the backpedal:

            https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/1i2nz9v/on_politics_and_proton_a_message_from_andy/

            Believe what you want. I believe what I read.

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            #47

            Here is the tweet

            I know exactly what you're referring to.

            if that's not the most flagrant Trump bootlicking, I don't know what is

            I agree, you don't know what is.

            And here is the backpedal

            I don't see anything here that could be construed as backpedaling. If he were smart he would have, but if anything, he doubled down several times.

            I believe what I read.

            You didn't read that, you made it up.

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            • N [email protected]

              Does Proton really support Trump? A deeper analysis

              One thing to note is that while on Reddit, people are alleging that Proton is a company run by a fascist, pro-MAGA, pro-dictatorship CEO, users on X are accusing Andy and the company of being anti-MAGA/anti-Trump.

              So, in the face of all the evidence I’ve found, to compare Andy to a tech oligarch like Zuck and Elon, who are now bootlicking on display for all to see, is not supported by the evidence.
              [...]
              However, being disillusioned with one party on one issue doesn’t mean that all of a sudden Andy Yen changed all of his stances and that now he’s actually pro-Republican or pro-MAGA. All of the evidence gathered suggests the exact opposite.

              Considering how many users here have expressed similar disillusionment with the current Democratic party, it seems a bit hypocritical to judge Andy Yen for having the same feelings (or expressing them on occasion).

              This whole "Proton supports MAGA" thing is another example of internet mob-think where everybody has an opinion informed by no facts at all, actively ignires or dismisses the larger context in order to protect that fragile opinion from reality, and most haven't even looked at the original statements that sparked the controversy.

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              At least personally I agree with the part of his statement about the corporate capture of the democratic party, I don't think that's the part most people have a problem with imo. It was saying that republicans are now the party of the little guy, or more likely to tackle abuses by big tech that was dumb. Obviously neither party is going to seriously go after any abuse or anything, but the richest tech CEO is blatantly running the country under the republican president, so saying they're "more likely" to help is straight up a lie lol. I don't think calling Andy a fascist is correct either, but I also very much disagree with his opinions of the republican party. Under either party billionaires and corporations are in control, but Trump is definitely not making that better at all.

              And honestly all things considered Lina Khan was a pretty great FTC chair tbh, and Johnathan Kanter was pretty decent as the head of the antitrust division too. He was probably a lot better than Gail Slater will be. She's literally a VP in a few different big companies, so touting her as a champion of the people against the abuses of big tech feels either misinformed or disingenuous.

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              • flamingos@feddit.ukF [email protected]
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                #49

                Any alternative free VPN's

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                • extremedullard@lemmy.sdf.orgE [email protected]

                  After Andy Yen's endorsement of the orange utan, I would seriously reconsider using any Proton product.

                  Yen tried to backpedal meekly several times since then, to get out of the pickle he got himself into with his definitely-not-impressed customers, but it's a bit late for that: either he's pro-Trump or he's naive. Either way, he makes Proton sketchy.

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                  #50

                  Any alternatives for their VPN service with port forwarding?

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                    Try https://port87.com/

                    I made it, so I’m obviously very biased, but I think it’s better than Proton. It’s got some really useful organization and anti-spam features.

                    flamingos@feddit.ukF This user is from outside of this forum
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                    #51

                    The labeling idea is pretty interesting, an email service with inbuilt proxy, but your website is pretty light on details. Stuff like pricing or custom domain support.

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                    • L [email protected]

                      Any alternatives for their VPN service with port forwarding?

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                      #52

                      Private internet access is nice

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                      • flamingos@feddit.ukF [email protected]

                        The labeling idea is pretty interesting, an email service with inbuilt proxy, but your website is pretty light on details. Stuff like pricing or custom domain support.

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                        #53

                        Good point. I’ll add that.

                        I’m working on custom domain support right now. And pricing is pretty straightforward, since I only have extra storage and sending options. You get 500MB for free, and the ability to receive email. Sending is $1/month. I put that behind a paywall to prevent spammers from using Port87. As a small email service, if you send spam, the big players can blocklist you and kill your service. So, keeping my SMTP servers’ IP address reputation high is really important.

                        You can join the Discord to follow along with new features and updates:

                        https://discord.gg/NNPxVx7P

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                        • ulrich@feddit.orgU [email protected]

                          Here is the tweet

                          I know exactly what you're referring to.

                          if that's not the most flagrant Trump bootlicking, I don't know what is

                          I agree, you don't know what is.

                          And here is the backpedal

                          I don't see anything here that could be construed as backpedaling. If he were smart he would have, but if anything, he doubled down several times.

                          I believe what I read.

                          You didn't read that, you made it up.

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                          It's kind of stupid to say that Republicans aren't the party of big business anymore. Both parties are parties of big business.

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                          • queermunist@lemmy.mlQ [email protected]

                            It's kind of stupid to say that Republicans aren't the party of big business anymore. Both parties are parties of big business.

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                            If you want to claim it was a stupid thing to say, I will agree with you 100%. If you want to claim that it was a tacit endorsement specifically of Trump, you are just wrong and spreading disinformation.

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                            • flamingos@feddit.ukF [email protected]
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                              #56

                              I feel like those resources are about to get even more limited.

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                              • xanthrax@lemmy.worldX [email protected]

                                It's also worth pointing out the fact that they offer free services; most likely, your data is their real product. That's to be expected with, say, a social media platform, but a VPN? That is a HUGE security threat. I'm just waiting for the proton security leak.

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                                No. They're a non profit with a specific mission to further the enhancement of provacy. Under Swiss law they're legally obligated to adhere to this. Which means they can't collect user data willy nilly and sell it.

                                Also, it wouldn't make sense for a non-profit organization to profit from selling user data.

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                                • ulrich@feddit.orgU [email protected]

                                  If you want to claim it was a stupid thing to say, I will agree with you 100%. If you want to claim that it was a tacit endorsement specifically of Trump, you are just wrong and spreading disinformation.

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                                  "No you don't get it! Supporting trump isn't really supporting trump! Just bc he likes the guy's policy and endorsed him doesn't mean he endorsed him!"

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                                    "No you don't get it! Supporting trump isn't really supporting trump! Just bc he likes the guy's policy and endorsed him doesn't mean he endorsed him!"

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                                    "Anyone who disagrees with me is a Trump supporter and a nazi!"

                                    See, I too can make up things that you didn't say and put it in quotes and pretend like you did.

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                                    • ulrich@feddit.orgU [email protected]

                                      "Anyone who disagrees with me is a Trump supporter and a nazi!"

                                      See, I too can make up things that you didn't say and put it in quotes and pretend like you did.

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                                      Found the Nazi 😄

                                      You know sucking off CEOs won't make them treat you any better than anyone else right?

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                                      • ulrich@feddit.orgU [email protected]

                                        "Anyone who disagrees with me is a Trump supporter and a nazi!"

                                        See, I too can make up things that you didn't say and put it in quotes and pretend like you did.

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                                        Btw tell me why they left mastodon and bluesky, and why they're still on Twitter. gimme a good reason that isn't him being a Nazi

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                                          I wouldn't call that boot licking. Maybe a misguided opinion.

                                          I think he internet mob went a little hard on this one.

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                                          A perfectly guided opinion. You do get why the CEO likes Trump and left the fediverse while staying on Twitter, right?

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