Thinking of starting media creation, want to have an email address dedicated to that purpose. Don’t want to go with Gmail as I’d like to phase Google out of my life, amd Protonmail seems i correct for this because it largely wouldn’t be encrypted mail.
Recommendations?
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The CEO of Proton recently came out as a right wing partisan who supports American neofascism. I would look elsewhere for email providers, Proton is not as trustworthy as they purport to be.
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Yeah, gotta find a new VPN also. What an asshole (the CEO).
It was completely shocking, I would expect him to be smart enough not to make statements like that but I guess it’s masks off now that their guy is in power.
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We’re probably on a list now, for besmirching him.
I’m not scared. I’m a besmirching machine. He’ll know he’s been besmirched when I lay down some righteous besmirch upon him!
Do you have any sources for that?
It was discussed in real time across Lemmy with links to Mastodon and Reddit where the CEO and the official Proton account made various partisan statements that have destroyed Protons reputation. I didn’t save links but I’m sure you can dig them up easily enough.
https://archive.ph/quYyb Guess you‘re right, fuck me man.
One of the posts discussing it https://lemmy.ca/post/37218429
That line of thinking doesn’t make any sense. I wonder what brand of clothes, electronics, vehicle, foods you’re buying. I’m sure I can find more than one neofascist, companies that fully support the Maga movement, etc… At least Proton is actually working for a better, more private internet, for more open source softwares, and is now operated as a non profit that is audited yearly by a third party. And as other people have said, Proton is not reduced to the political ideas of one board member.
Proton is not the sum total of one of its board members.
Bring your own domain.
You don’t want to be locked in to one mail provider for life. Just bring your domain when you leave.
I’ve had mine since 2010. First on Gmail, then proton and now purelymail. Gmail is evil. Proton is pricy, and more so if you have several domains. Purelymail is very affordable in comparison.
As always, I recommend Posteo. It’s cheap (1€/mo), allows third party apps and at least their website doesn’t have any trackers or ads. Probably the best paid one out there.
I’m happy with Fastmail. Making masked emails is great to me, and you can bring your own domain with you. It also is integrated with 1password.
I use mailbox.org with my own domains. And I encrypt my inbox using a PGP key I manage myself.
My setup is pretty much the same what Proton gives out of the box, I just manage my own keys rather than replying on the company.
Yes, my provider can see my unencrypted mails before my key encrypts it, but I trust them enough and I don’t pass sensitive information using emails.
If you want a standards-based service without bullshit and with custom domain support, I can recommend Purelymail.
Purelymail has been in beta since 2019. I am not sure if that is a good email provider.
I’ve been using it for several months now and haven’t run into any issues.
That’s not the point. How can a software like this be in beta for 6 years? The developers clearly don’t care about it much.
… I’m not a purelymail user or know much about it… But, I guess I am old now…
I’m guessing the service being in beta for 6 years is a joke. It’s a reference to Gmail being in beta forever.
Tuta - https://tuta.com/
(Formerly known as Tutanota)
that’s a dope effect on mobile
Fastmail and bring your own domain is the way.
Buy a domain name and put that on the service provider of your choice.
I have no basis by which to choose a service provider.
I personally use Migadu for email + Porkbun for the domain, prices and service are great imo
Exactly the combo I use. Been happy with Migadu for the last 2 years. Although, purelymail also seems interesting.
Never heard of purelymail, what are they like?
Iirc my email on proton is encrypted. I believe I set it up that way. Good provider for me.
Before the CEO of Proton came out as a nutjob I might have been inclined to agree…
Note that Proton is cool even if not encrypted. I have pretty much a single contact who uses it and all the other messages are thus unencrypted. Still feels good to not use Gmail.
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Depending on how you feel about current leadership, you should probably be aware of comments made by Proton’s ceo
I know, but I’m tired of it. So he’s a rich dick. Everything I do gives money to some rich dick. Everything you do does so as well. And I’m tired of making my life harder just so a different rich dick gets my money.
