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Google being google. Its funny that once I used to lookup to this company and now I view it as a threat to society.
by sagolikasoppor 5y ago
Google being google. Its funny that once I used to lookup to this company and now I view it as a threat to society.
- devoutsalsa 5y ago"You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain." - Harvey Dent in The Dark Knight It's funny that I really appreciated Google when I first signed up for Gmail. Now that I've had it for 16 years, I resent the fact that I can get deplatformed for any reason, and there's really nothing I can do to prevent that.
- Jukg7e3AFyskdj 5y agoexport all of your email to Protonmail and stop sucking on that Google breast
- bayindirh 5y agoI'm seriously considering it, but I'm a heavy IMAP user. When you enable IMAP in ProtonMail, it's no different than any other mail provider, security wise. This is the dilemma for me.
- social_quotient 5y agoTechnically no different but you have cast a small vote to behavior you no loner tolerate or support (socially). Even if it’s a fraction of a dollar. In aggregate they add up.
- bayindirh 5y agoThat's another point to look at it, you're right.
- decrypt 5y agoIt is for this reason I am moving away from ProtonMail to Migadu. Literally any IMAP-offering email service would do. All that we need is a custom domain.
- dunnevens 5y agoOther people have made good points. Just wanted to add: you'll feel better knowing you're no longer vulnerable to Google. It's a nice feeling of relief knowing Google could cancel my account tomorrow and I wouldn't be hurt in any substantial way. Definitely worth the effort to move your email to an independent provider.
- Jukg7e3AFyskdj 5y agoI used to be also but now use the protonmail app on my phone. And this on my desktop https://github.com/vladimiry/ElectronMail https://github.com/vladimiry/ElectronMail
- infamia 5y agoI don't think you can connect to your email via IMAP without ProtonMail Bridge (which encrypts traffic between your email client and ProtonMail).
- bayindirh 5y agoAFAIK you bypass 2FA when you use IMAP. I don't see many advantages of using Proton (over any other independent e-mail provider) without 2FA. The thing is, I connect all my accounts to a single mail application and handle everything from there, including their automated backups for ~15 years or so. The jury is still out for me, we'll see.
- Andrew_nenakhov 5y agobuy your own domain and only use the email addresses you fully control.