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Re:The ProtonMail Android app is now open source by dyingkneepad on Thursday April 23, 2020 @12:44PM (#22957908)
Oh, bad timing. Just a few months ago I was on the fence about Protonmail vs Fastmail (vs all others) and ended jumping to Fastmail: the privacy pro didn't seem to outweigh the cons. Now with open sourcing stuff the pros do get somewhat better... But reevaluating and switching would be troublesome.... Maybe in a few years I'll revisit it :)
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Re:The ProtonMail Android app is now open source by frodprefect on Thursday April 23, 2020 @01:58PM (#22958826)
The pricing is very different. Fastmail allows unlimited domains where proton is almost double the cost for two.
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Re:The ProtonMail Android app is now open source by novok on Thursday April 23, 2020 @05:07PM (#22961437)
Yeah protonmail charging for the marginally free stuff, like domains and aliases is very disappointing. I make a new email for every account, in the form of [email protected] do I have to pay proton mail $24/month for that privilege?

Also not providing 20GB space as a default paid option in this day in age of $5/month/TB is also very disappointing.

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Re:The ProtonMail Android app is now open source by dyingkneepad on Thursday April 23, 2020 @03:33PM (#22960147)
Well, not just pricing or privacy or domains, there's a lot that's different. That's why I mentioned weighing pros vs cons.
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Re:The ProtonMail Android app is now open source by stjohnswarts on Thursday April 23, 2020 @02:31PM (#22959296)
Does fastmail offer encrypted server side email though?
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Re:The ProtonMail Android app is now open source by danielskogly on Thursday April 23, 2020 @03:13PM (#22959893)
I've been with ProtonMail a couple of years now, and recently made the step to buy my own domain to use for personal email. What I'm hoping is that whenever I want to switch provider in the future, it won't be any more trouble than to switch some DNS settings :)
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Re:The ProtonMail Android app is now open source by dyingkneepad on Thursday April 23, 2020 @03:31PM (#22960130)
The easiness to migrating away was one of the cons of Proton Mail to me, but I don't remember the exact reasons for it besides not using standard protocols. Having standard protocols really makes everything easier. With the open sourcing of the tools, maybe it will get better?
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