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Comment by pkrumins

3 years ago

How does Protonmail compare to Gmail? Has anyone switched to Protonmail from Gmail?

I switched a few weeks ago. The process was fine. They have a tool to help you port your mailbox, calendar, contacts. The web client is great. The mobile/android app sucks. The search doesn't work. If you archive an email on web, it wont always apply to the app. The sync between clients is screwy. Gmail is no doubt a better email product but given I paid a year, I'm going to suck it up and deal with it.

I switched from Gmail to Proton Mail earlier this year in an attempt to de-Google. The Proton Mail website and Android app is just about on par with Gmail's. My only complaint is Proton Mail will refuse to load images if something about the host domain isn't configured 100% to spec which is common for non-tech companies such as home utilities. You can only reply from "+tag" addresses, not send outright from them which is a feature of Gmail. Though Proton Mail's email aliases alleviates my need for that.