Comment by causalscience

17 days ago

I only use Proton for the spam or temporary low value (and free) email accounts. Proton also tries to do everything, which I don't like. If I did I'd use Google.

The thing I pay for is Tuta. The cheapest tier is way more generous than Proton and the product is simpler.

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littlecranky67  17 days ago

I have the exact opposite opinion. I use proton business together with their email, vpn, calendar, drive (on macOS), password manager etc. and switched specifically because of their encryption, data protection and fulls-size feature bundle. Plus, I migrated vom Office365 and it became a shitshow to manage and was full of bugs. And I had a separate bitwarden subscription, and a separate VPN subscription. Now it is one package, much preferred.

  • celsoazevedo  16 days ago

    I understand the convenience side of this, but it's also risky. What happens if they suspend your account for some reason?

    "Never put all your eggs in one basket."

    • littlecranky67  16 days ago

      That happened to my google workspace account in 2023, when I switched to Office365. Account was not blocked blocked per se, but they stopped the free workspace versions.

      It was not a big problem as I use my own domains that I host separately. Get a new provider, adjust some MX and TXT dns records and you are live again. Backup emails by running thunderbird locally.

  • causalscience  17 days ago

    Oh yeah, having your passwords online is a great idea /s

    • littlecranky67  17 days ago

      It is, if they are encrypted. Without a password manager, I would inevitable have to reuse the same passwords over and over on my hundreds of different accounts. With a password manager, they are auto-generated random gibberish. And yes, even when using 2FA, you should have different passwords for all accounts.

      Bitwarden, OnePassword, LastPass, Proton Pass etc. are password managers with dozens of millions of users that agree.

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