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Most of you said you’d switch to Proton Mail for the privacy, even if it meant giving up some of the convenience of Gmail.

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[–] viking 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Moving away from gmail is one thing, but Proton's CEO is a massive cunt that I wouldn't personally trust anymore. I have an ongoing subscription for some of their services (including email, but I don't really use it), and I'm going to move on from there after the subscription expires.

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[–] Alpha71@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The ONLY reason I'm on Proton mail is because My Bank insists on it.

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] Alpha71@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Yes. Because they have "secure" in the name. 🙄

[–] macaw_dean_settle@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

If users want privacy, then they should have never used gmail in the first place.

[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)
[–] towerful@programming.dev 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Did you read the title the wrong way round? Or should I read the article?

[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)
[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca -3 points 10 months ago

Host your own email server, that’s the point of email

But in reality, email is a good example of why you shouldn’t use federated services

[–] lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world -5 points 10 months ago (6 children)
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