I'm currently a paying Proton customer. I'm dreaming of the day when I can cancel my subscription, to be honest.
I've been a customer for a few years now. Long enough to watch the company steadily scope creep in ways I don't agree with. I wasn't 100% against the VPN idea. But then came Drive. And calendar. And ...
Thing is, their core Mail product kinda sucks. End to end encryption is great, but have you ever actually tried to search for emails in Proton Mail? It's embarrassingly bad. I've lost count of the number of times I know exactly what I'm looking for in my mail archives, but no matter what search incantations I try, I can't find it.
Their bridge clients are stupid. The way threaded replies are handled are stupid. Their web UI is frustratingly laggy in Firefox. I didn't particularly like their iOS app, and now that I'm on Android, I don't particularly like their Android app, either.
For me, the next step is to self host my email. Yes yes, I know: "but self hosting your email is notoriously hard and bla bla bla!". Yes, no doubt. But email is important, and I've been burned by GMail, appalled by Fastmail spying for the Aussie govt (god, what a shitshow that was/is), and suffered constant disappointment as a Proton customer. Self hosting feels like the only option left.
I've been a customer for a few years now. Long enough to watch the company steadily scope creep in ways I don't agree with. I wasn't 100% against the VPN idea. But then came Drive. And calendar. And ...
Thing is, their core Mail product kinda sucks. End to end encryption is great, but have you ever actually tried to search for emails in Proton Mail? It's embarrassingly bad. I've lost count of the number of times I know exactly what I'm looking for in my mail archives, but no matter what search incantations I try, I can't find it.
Their bridge clients are stupid. The way threaded replies are handled are stupid. Their web UI is frustratingly laggy in Firefox. I didn't particularly like their iOS app, and now that I'm on Android, I don't particularly like their Android app, either.
For me, the next step is to self host my email. Yes yes, I know: "but self hosting your email is notoriously hard and bla bla bla!". Yes, no doubt. But email is important, and I've been burned by GMail, appalled by Fastmail spying for the Aussie govt (god, what a shitshow that was/is), and suffered constant disappointment as a Proton customer. Self hosting feels like the only option left.