Paying for Proton's services is a no brainer to me. $11 a month for access to VPN, encrypted email, encrypted cloud storage and more.
Will gladly pay to not have my data shared with 772 3rd parties.
Will gladly pay to not have my data shared with 772 3rd parties.
The webmail is slick (and refreshingly simple) and I'm really liking their iOS Mail app which is a huge improvement from the old version from a year or two ago.
Hope they continue to invest in Calendar and Drive (encrypted storage) - both need a bit more work, but are usable enough for now.
Do you have an exit strategy if Proton goes the way of Microsoft or Google? Those two only had apathy and inertia keeping people in their ecosystem, but Proton kind of has you locked in, because you can only use their proprietary apps to access encrypted emails. Yes, I know you can use IMAP, but my understanding is that any email sent via IMAP isn't encrypted, and any encrypted mail can't be downloaded via IMAP. Either way, just because they have IMAP turned on today, doesn't mean they won't turn it off tomorrow in the name of security.