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I am Very Disappointed By Proton (proton.me)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by cosmos_853@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I didn't expected this kind of thing to show up today.
I don't want to use a vibecode slop that isnt tested by real humans.
I just want a secure and privacy respecting email not ai slop.
Good Bye Proton I am Not Happy With You

Any Suggestion ?

I want drive and calender support
Made by humans not slop machine.
FOSS
May Be a Linux Client Support

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[–] SlicedPotato@feddit.dk 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well, that's it, I'm never touching Proton again.

As for suggestions: I haven't used Tuta, but I've only heard good things about them. Personally I use mailbox. They have drive and calendar, they're German, and they do/support a lot of cool stuff regarding FOSS. I'm not sure about slop, but from a quick glance I couldn't find a single mention about AI on their website, not even in their job listings. I don't think they have official clients, but they support open standards like SMTP/IMAP, WebDAV etc.

I haven't used their drive and calendar though, only email, since I self-host Nextcloud (if you're into self-hosting, I highly recommend it).

[–] SlicedPotato@feddit.dk 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Also, side note: Regardless of where you switch to, get your own domain! I cannot stress this enough. If you ever need to switch providers (which you'll eventually need to), you're gonna have a much easier time if your email is me@mydomain.tld, just pointing DNS at your new provider, bulk transfer/export all previous emails, and voila.

[–] Buckshot@programming.dev 8 points 1 day ago

100%. I've had the same email going on 20 years. It's been hosted in a dozen different places. It was on proton for a while, it's on mailbox.org now. I can move again in an hour.