I’ve been a paid Proton Unlimited customer for several years now and aside from a few small complaints, I’m generally very happy with the services I’m paying for. I agree that there is too much focus on “sidequests” like Wallet and Meet before core products are fully rebuilt and meeting expectations. I agree that Linux versions and some feature implementations are taking a long time. However, I have a fully functioning suite of Mail, Drive, VPN, Calendar and more that meet 95% of my needs. To be fair, I’m sure the zero-access/zero-knowledge encryption aspect makes development much more difficult.

If you’re worried about political affiliations/interests, I’ll give you that Andy Yen has made a few worrisome comments. I’m not sure what to do there. Assuming there aren’t repeat occurrences, I’m satisfied with their statement about the French political figure sponsorship.

If it’s the FBI cases and subpoenas, it comes down to understanding the difference between privacy and anonymity, and knowing what strategy is required to achieve actual anonymity.

So why (especially on Lemmy) is there so much Proton hate/relunctancy? Eager to hear some non-biased, fact-driven thoughts here!

  • WaffleStomper@lemmy.world
    5·
    1 day ago

    I’m also a proton user, and I like it so far. My only complaint is that sharing my calendar with my wife (also through proton) doesn’t work very well. But I am curious what my fellow lemmings would recommend in place of proton. I’m sure there are opinions out there…

    • vas@lemmy.ml
      1·
      21 hours ago

      disroot.org is recommendable. Notable points:

      • They rely fully on open technologies. Everything that they do you can reproduce locally. A big part of donations towards them (I’ve participated) automatically go to the technologies they use.

      • They have a history and reputation. I’ve “visited” their community (digitally) and have a feeling of trust that they are who they claim to be. Their work aligns with their intentions.

      • They simply provide many of the components that I need. E.g. email, nextcloud (which enables calendars, MoneyBuster/iHateMoney), two fediverse servers, etc.

      • Objective downside is that their services are sometimes down, e.g. for a full hour. This is NOT very fun when you just want to sync your calendar right now. They also have a thing about their registration form which I never understood, and that is that they only allow registering on weekdays. Like WTF? IDK if it’s more funny or absurd. But I can tolerate this part, and since the other parts are great, in total I love their work and their services.