Yeah this is so annoying.. I hate the focus they have, has me thinking of also not throwing all eggs in one basket with these services..
this post was submitted on 07 Dec 2023
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Come on guys give them a break. You dont have to use their services if you dont want, but they do a variety of things and they do them well. You can still use Drive through a browser.
But their whole sales pitch is the privacy community. Of course if you care about privacy you will be using Linux and not Windows or MacOS.
Proton is super easy to use. They are a gateway drug into privacy. Its close enough to google for any pleb to use. If you are using linux, then you probably dont need to be airplane spoon feed privacy.
That's exactly the problem. They do a lot of things and every single one of them is missing features.
Using a Web browser when you have thousands fo files needing to be synced is a terrible experience..
Also a synology client is missing. They should just provide a public API. Then we could build the clients by ourself instead of waiting for years.
You can try rclone but given the Proton Drive backen is in beta, it's probably not going to be a simple setup.
Thank you for the link. I might try it one day, but my skills are still very basic.
Very disappointed as well, a Proton Drive for Linux is a must. Waiting this for years!
See the edit in my post, they finally revealed the reason
When it's.like this, I don't use or pay for their services.
While i understand the sentiment, that would make things even more difficult to ever happen, because they would be lacking funds. Yes, i feel proton is very pricey. However, they are a company i still really trust; they have the services that are very important for me; and i consider my being a paid consumer partly as a donation, to support and encourage them.
How easy would it be in theory to just fork it on github and make Linux client?
Really just want automatic android sync for my photos
That just came out yesterday, they added it to Drive
Well pitter patter.
What's more disappointing now than ever is that Protonmail for Android still depends on Play Services/FCM for push notifications.
Recent news should be their cue to do something about that, and if they don't... Idk, sour taste and all that
Notifications are still encrypted, so no issues there about privacy. Convenience? Sure thing. BTW, I really want a notification service away from Google.
Even if the contents aren't sent over Google servers in the first place, there's still information left about when the app receives a notifcation.
This kind of metadata is already quite useful for profiling purposes, since it creates a clear trail to follow.
Sure, and that's why a new method is planned.