Proton CEO Andy Yen projects a calm persona and rails against Big Tech and critiques AI. Internally, he is pushing engineers to build Proton with AI, even when they have security concerns.
  • sunnyjim@lemmy.zipEnglish
    9·
    1 hour ago

    I’m giving them a month to fire Yen and change direction or I’m out. I’m also looking for good recommendations of where to go - so far I’m looking at Tuta or Murena (my phone is already on /e/OS)

    • gusgalarnyk@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      30 minutes ago

      I just mailbox.org with a custom domain and it’s been great, no complaints.

      I never liked proton’s app suite approach instead of picking one or two things and getting good at them so I’ve replaced all other services with other options.

  • Mwa@thelemmy.clubEnglish
    1·
    9 minutes ago

    Now i wonder if they are gonna use their own AI
    also just gonna find a alternative incase

  • tb_@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 hour ago

    I have been inclined to give Proton the benefit of doubt with some of their stuff, but this is pretty rough.

  • corvide077@lemmy.zipEnglish
    41·
    1 hour ago

    Have I lost the plot if I’m not purity testing every service I use? As long as there’s no slavery involved, my data isn’t being sold, and I’m not enriching the top three billionaires, I can sleep at night using a free email service.

    • TrumanBurbank@lemmy.mlEnglish
      6·
      54 minutes ago

      In this case it’s not purity testing but rather concern over the direction the company is taking internally.

      Will you intrust your private data with a software that’s mostly vibe coded ?

  • q7mJI7tk1@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    1 hour ago

    I spent a year jumping between Proton, Mailbox, Tuta, MXroute etc, until a wise Lemmy user mentioned they had gotten on well with Fastmail. It fit like a glove and I haven’t looked back.

    • gusgalarnyk@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      23 minutes ago

      Damnit, another one I hadn’t heard of and it looks pretty great lol. I’m on mailbox.org and I like it, so I won’t jump ship anytime soon, but what were the major differences between the two (if you have time and opinions)?

      Also, for anyone who cares Fastmail is Australian (which satisfies my personal “not under fascist/expansionalist” check).

  • cheers_queers@lemmy.zipEnglish
    10·
    4 hours ago

    i’m just so goddamn pissed off. i am too overwhelmed with life and health stuff to have to worry about what my email client is up to. i dont have many switchovers left in me, boss

    • gusgalarnyk@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      20 minutes ago

      You fight the fights you can, and you make peace with the fights you can’t. This is a marathon, you have to maintain yourself to keep running - that’s human nature and okay. We all can’t make 100% optimal and good choices. Do what you can, educate yourself and others, grow; but also rest, enjoy, and don’t let things wear on you if you can help it.

    • pinball_wizard@lemmy.zipEnglish
      9·
      4 hours ago

      Everyone needs a break. There’s always another chance to cancel, later.

      Anyway, I canceled an extra time today, in your honor. (It seemed like their cancelation server was overwhelmed - I was getting timeouts. Naturally I reloaded each page a few times to be sure, because fuck everything about this.)

  • Gravitywell.xYz@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    121·
    7 hours ago

    We need more collective run web services instead of for profit CEO lead advertising conglomerates .

    But watch as people learn entirely the wrong lesson yet again and “vote with your wallet” by switching to some other for profit CEO lead corp like tuta.

    Every frakking time.

    Cock.li is a great email provider, give them a try. Stop trying to find for profit companies that give a shit about anything other than making more money because none of them do.