cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/26489182

Instead of leaving Xitter, they left Mastodon. Proton’s trend is not inspiring confidence and this feels like another step backwards.

    • troed@fedia.io
      29·
      9 months ago

      I made a support case since I’m a Visionary customer and supposedly they’re keen to know my opinions. What I got back was how incredibly important my Visionary opinions are to them, and then just the same exact canned response as they had already posted.

      Obviously it has nothing to do with the toll it takes on them to handle Mastodon in addition to Bluesky, so I’m leaning towards your explanation as well.

    • hansolo@lemm.eeEnglish
      22·
      9 months ago

      Correct. They went from being on 15 socials to I think 12 and no one cared about the other ones.

  • massive_bereavement@fedia.io
    31·
    9 months ago

    Because Proton’s ambitions are to become a mainstream player, like gmail or outlook.

    Tuta or Mullvad are happy being services used by people like us.

  • MotherForker@lemm.ee
    14·
    9 months ago

    What exactly does that mean? I have switched to proton because of their open-source nature and to branch out from google. I don’t really care what the proton founders are doing as long as my data isn’t sold by google. In that case nothing will change for me, am I right?

  • javacafe@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    3·
    9 months ago

    What are good alternatives? I’ve been using their VPN, mail, and password manager (the Android app and browser extension).

    I am using Protonmail for financial info only. So, I’d need something trustworthy and secure.

  • green_red_black@slrpnk.net
    1·
    6 months ago

    I mean this sucks but at the end of the day the service should be used for the zero-knowledge encryption, not the CEO being a Right Libertarian idiot. Now if Proton apparently gets into actively funding something objectionable or compromise the encryption then yeah consider jumping ship.