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Seems like a reasonable alternative to Proton for multiple domains: email that costs money instead of being haunted by AI. That logo is creepy though, and impl

Seems like a reasonable alternative to Proton for multiple domains: email that costs money instead of being haunted by AI. That logo is creepy though, and implies exactly the opposite.

MathMonkeyMan 2y ago
might be a freemason thing
blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
Haunted by AI? I haven’t heard of problems with Proton outside of their calendar implementation, which I’ve heard they’re fixing this year.
- Kye 2y ago
  They have an optional writing assistant thing that uses their own in-house model. Sweden is mostly hydro and nuclear, so the environmental arguments against generative AI don't hold up very well.
  - codetrotter 2y ago
    Proton is Swiss, not Swedish
    - Kye 2y ago
      Late night mixup. Switzerland is also substantially hydro, nuclear, and renewables and headed toward eliminating fossil fuels, so the point still stands. It doesn't contribute to the crisis in the way most generative AI does. They also ran their datacenters on 100% renewables as of 3 years ago: https://old.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/pa76za/is_protonmail_green/ha4uu0h/ https://old.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/pa76za/is_proto...
  - Imustaskforhelp 2y ago
    oh lmao , I had just watched a video where people were confusing sweden and swiss (heck the swiss president missaid switzerland to sweden lmao) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oNX_BHgi3c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oNX_BHgi3c I was like , okay nobody confuses swiss and sweden but here you are!
    - Kye 2y ago
      It's the insidious sw
qingcharles 2y ago
Fastmail seems to let me have unlimited domains for like $5/mo
- thayne 2y ago
  Which is 6 times more than purelymail.
WrongOnInternet 2y ago
Their comparison of themselves to Proton is rather deceptive. If you're willing have only 1GB of storage, instead of 3GB, you can get proton for free. And at the price they list ($48/yr), you'd get 15GB storage, plus a lot more. And no, I was not paid by proton to say this. I only have the free plan.
- omnimus 2y ago
  This claim is also rather deceptive because the free proton mail does not allow custom domain. To get your own domain with proton you have to get 4usd/month plan.
- xigoi 2y ago
  Proton does not allow you to use standard protocols (IMAP/SMTP), which is a deal-breaker for me.
  - Numerlor 2y ago
    They have a bridge app for normal protocols, though I have had problems with it losing content IDs on attachments
- Gud 2y ago
  Protonmail doesn’t support IMAP which is something wish I knew before migrating

Seems like a reasonable alternative to Proton for multiple domains: email that costs money instead of being haunted by AI. That logo is creepy though, and implies exactly the opposite.

MathMonkeyMan 2y ago

might be a freemason thing

blackeyeblitzar 2y ago

Haunted by AI? I haven’t heard of problems with Proton outside of their calendar implementation, which I’ve heard they’re fixing this year.

Kye 2y ago
They have an optional writing assistant thing that uses their own in-house model. Sweden is mostly hydro and nuclear, so the environmental arguments against generative AI don't hold up very well.
- codetrotter 2y ago
  Proton is Swiss, not Swedish
  - Kye 2y ago
    Late night mixup. Switzerland is also substantially hydro, nuclear, and renewables and headed toward eliminating fossil fuels, so the point still stands. It doesn't contribute to the crisis in the way most generative AI does. They also ran their datacenters on 100% renewables as of 3 years ago: https://old.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/pa76za/is_protonmail_green/ha4uu0h/ https://old.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/pa76za/is_proto...
- Imustaskforhelp 2y ago
  oh lmao , I had just watched a video where people were confusing sweden and swiss (heck the swiss president missaid switzerland to sweden lmao) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oNX_BHgi3c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oNX_BHgi3c I was like , okay nobody confuses swiss and sweden but here you are!
  - Kye 2y ago
    It's the insidious sw

qingcharles 2y ago

Fastmail seems to let me have unlimited domains for like $5/mo

thayne 2y ago
Which is 6 times more than purelymail.

WrongOnInternet 2y ago

Their comparison of themselves to Proton is rather deceptive. If you're willing have only 1GB of storage, instead of 3GB, you can get proton for free. And at the price they list ($48/yr), you'd get 15GB storage, plus a lot more. And no, I was not paid by proton to say this. I only have the free plan.

omnimus 2y ago
This claim is also rather deceptive because the free proton mail does not allow custom domain. To get your own domain with proton you have to get 4usd/month plan.
xigoi 2y ago
Proton does not allow you to use standard protocols (IMAP/SMTP), which is a deal-breaker for me.
- Numerlor 2y ago
  They have a bridge app for normal protocols, though I have had problems with it losing content IDs on attachments
Gud 2y ago
Protonmail doesn’t support IMAP which is something wish I knew before migrating