That's in line with being from Switzerland. Act cool, but be sure to stick with the richer people and do their interest. Never used Proton (I use Tuta instead) for that reason only. You are free to call me racist.
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I so want to ditch Proton right now, but I have a lot of resumes out and have been using them for ~4 years, so all of my accounts are linked in a sense.
What to do what to do.. I know and fully agree that what's going on is sus, but I think I need to stick with it for a few more months until the job thing pans out.
Edit: I have a free Tuta account, I'll start weaning everything off, then cut free when I don't need to worry about missing an interview opportunity.
I recommend switching to a custom domain in the future so you can avoid situations like this from happening again, this way you won't be locked down onto a single provider.
Sorry, could you please expand on that? Like buying your own domain and hosting your own email server? Or buying a domain and having Proton as the mail server backend?
Buying your own domain and pointing its DNS at your email provider. The email provider is still your host, but you get to use [email protected] everywhere and you can seamlessly switch providers. I've done it a few times, now.
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because their ceo came out as fascist and mastodon is calling them out.
I’m not super informed on that. Didn’t he say that he didn’t mean it that way? Could you clarify please? I wonder what other options there are? Tuta?
Tldr, the CEO is an idiot, Proton is bad at (social media) and there is a cultural difference between how people in the US look at politics
Thanks for the link, that's a lot more context than the usual reactionary "Andy Yen said one nice thing about a Republican therefore he's fascist pro-Trump MAGA" takes I've been seeing. Not only does it more or less disprove that narrative, it makes me question how much of the hate against him lately is genuine and how much of it has been seeded and signal-boosted by nation-state actors who don't want people to use encrypted communications.
Yen is clearly trying to be nonpartisan and praise what he sees as good for privacy while pointing out abuses of power, regardless of who has the power at the moment. He sees this as his way of adding weight to the scale in favor of better privacy and tearing down big tech. I know many in my country and on the web are hyper-polarized and addicted to anger, to the point that if someone says anything even slightly positive about their perceived political enemy, it's seen as legitimizing and aligning with that enemy, but I don't believe that's a healthy or productive mindset to have. I believe that kind of divisive attitude is preventing us from uniting with those who should be agreeable to our cause, and that's exactly what the oligarchs want. It's making us weak.
I've been on the fence for a while since this whole thing started, because I do use a paid Proton email, and it sounded bad, but I kept getting this nagging feeling I wasn't seeing the full picture. That's gone now - Andy may be politically and/or socially inept, and he may have a different perspective on what it means to support privacy and democracy, but I think it's clear his heart is in the right place, and the work he and Proton are continuing to do for tech privacy is helping to erode authoritarian power structures, including Trump's.
I am inclided to agree with you that Andy Yen is just an idiot and that Proton is doing it's best to stay natural and make the most of the situation. However their communications team is pretty lackluster.
On another note, the article I linked is an opinion, so while it is laid out pretty well it is probably not telling the entire story. I have a custom domain on my Proton account so I can Switch if it ever goes to hell. I would advice you to do the same.
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Can someone recommend a good and privacy oriented alternative to Proton Drive.
It's sad that Proton bought SimpleLogin because I was and I'm currently using it before the acquisition.
Nextcloud on a paid plan from some company (e.g. Hetzner) or, if you've got the stones for it, Nextcloud self-hosted.
CryptPad. It doesn't needs email to sign up.
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For real? Man, at this rate, I might have to switch away from their products, I really hope they get their act together really really soon...
Glad I ditched proton.
What do you use instead?
I went mullvad.
people were using the vpn to evade reddit bans, but even reddit does not like vpn users anymore.
So glad I moved away from Proton a few weeks ago. They seem to be going downhill.
I wonder if the "limited resources" are due to them potentially losing a whole load of customers recently.
You know, if their tech truly is as open-source as they market, then they've still contributed hugely to the ecosystem. If it turns out it's not actually operationally open-source, then this will be remembered in a hugely negative light.
Edit: I did just see their post about being impacted by the US spending cuts. I can't imagine Proton would be super happy about that administration at the moment. But then again, who knows these days.