Proton has stopped using their Mastodon account
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I agree with you on the principle. In this case I disagree with the premise. Years of actions I think easily out weight that tweet. If that's the only reason to be suspicious, then I don't think it's warranted.
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I agree this is an issue. They move away from a privacy oriented community. Additionally, the reason they give is vague and easily dismantled.
What I'm interested in is why this would be a good enough reason to switch providers. They haven't changed anything crucial in their mail offering, so why should I switch? -
It makes sense to if they want their encrypted email magic to be useful. A paid user can instruct a contact to make a free proton mail account in order to have secure communication with them
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Nah, fair. Just based on the way Venezuelans described it to me, it seemed ubiquitous on the free end. I'm probably biased. I have no idea what their consumer demographics are, especially outside of the US.
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I worked for multiple non-profits that made a profit. That's not how this works. It's not the function, it's the cost.
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It's a good alternative & there are other services bundled-in with it
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kinda wierd for proton to promote on reddit, when reddit doesnt allow VPN usage to most users, mostly for spam/botting/ban evasions.
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i heard they stopped posting on bluesky weeks ago, not surprised they are active on meta platforms, and X.
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on reddit they can pursue sitewide bans more easily on users, since reddit had started doing this month. its to silence all criticism against them, im betting facebook will be thier next stop.
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The bottom line is that Proton does not collect your data to sell it for profit.
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like i was following a bunch yotubers one time, and i heard over the pandemic they fled to facebook, because they were crying the sub was making them look bad, they are on facebook specifically so they can do what reddit mods can do, ban people, block them from thier discussions, delete criticism comments.( they had thier followers, and the employees systemically attack one of subs about them and taken it down, the current one they couldnt do it, so now they are trolling it)
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reddit allows you more ability to censor people permanently from the site, in the form of sitewide bans and automatic removals and such.
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I mean yeah I think the main problem is just Google having all that data about you and potentially selling it to others whether that be for advertising, robocalling, or other things. So it really just comes down to how comfortable you are allowing Google to be able to use your emails and communications from corporations to see what things you like. Only time it really matters more is if you are using email for more personal or secure communications which yeah I would always prefer using better encrypted more messaging focused apps like signal for or just talking in person when possible.
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Good to know, thank you
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Wait, you bought/gave money to Proton so early in its life? Why do people keep falling for these over and over.
If a 'can run on low resources sustainably' is legit, going to have test and wait for it to see first.
Otherwise we need to accept what we can and can't have based on what is possible without being greedy and at someone else's expense.
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Tutanota has been pretty decent to me, though their android client is sometimes a little rough around the edges. Though never in a way that's caused problems for me or impaired usage, and it has a pretty enough interface.
They have a free plan if you're broke as shit like I am and are looking to switch from a free proton plan
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FYI i use a degoogled FP3 with microG and I don't have any problemi.
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I suggest you give a read to "Privacy is power" by Carissa Veliz (on the board). She also gave a very good interview on the podcast "firewalls don't stop dragons".
I also don't think "cryptonerds" applies to people like Tim Berners Lee.
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But people still can see the other messages. Instead a censored post on Reddit or Instagram is invisible
