The article is on point.

I've been a paying customer for years, but this makes me worried.

I hope they come to their senses and this is just a one-off

Well, if you’re not happy about it, as a paying customer, you should let them know. I did.

Whenever I see a survey that does not give me options from a clear no to a clear yes, I already know that the survey only exists to push an agenda. Every option you give can somehow be used by the company to impose anything they want onto the results.

Fuck Proton for turning out exactly like all the other shitty companies.

This opinion is based on the statement of the article, that the survey didn't give the option of hell, no!

Just proves minor players in any space take in picky users from the major players.

The two buttons that should see most use (condense, ultra spellcheck) offer reduction of content but people who refuse to associate with gen AI kneejerk away from any of it regardless.

I don't think any boycott will achieve the AI rupture they want. People who don't get the best reasonable basic AI help will move to where they get the best AI and whatever their precious email medium means to them will be "destroyed" faster.

Proton Mail's dive into AI with Proton Scribe feels like déjà vu from Signal's crypto misstep. It's baffling to see a privacy-first company muddying the waters with AI features that seem at odds with their core values. The implementation might be sound, but the vague threat models are a red flag. It's disheartening to think Proton Mail might lose its 'safe to recommend' status among privacy advocates. Is this the beginning of the end for privacy-first principles in tech?