3 ms·

I don't use ProtonMail because I expect a secure chain of communication for all my correspondence. I use it because I want to avoid having my inbox in the hands

I don't use ProtonMail because I expect a secure chain of communication for all my correspondence. I use it because I want to avoid having my inbox in the hands of Google/Microsoft. But I'm only a casual user and maybe one day I'll be more serious about ProtonMail's privacy features.

jb1991 5y ago
What about the other alternatives, like fastmail? I mean what made you choose proton mail specifically?
- BitwiseFool 5y ago
  A colleague recommended it to me. I haven't heard of fastmail but I'll check it out now that you've mentioned it.
- willis936 5y ago
  I used fastmail for a bit but kept with gmail. I recently switched everything to protonmail. The key advantage of protonmail over fastmail is that protonmail doesn't have the private keys to your email storage.
  - jb1991 5y ago
    What’s the usability or interface difference like between proton mail or fastmail, have you noticed any key differences in things like syncing or accessing with a mail client, etc.? Or just general features?
    - jackson1442 5y ago
      I’ve been very happy with Fastmail. Their webmail is fast and simple and you get essentially unlimited domains and aliases in your subscription. PM’s interface by comparison is significantly clunkier and more expensive.
    - willis936 5y ago
      Protonmail now supports bridging (IMAP, SMTP, and POP3), but to get the benefit of an encrypted email store I exclusively use their clients (mobile and web app). It's not a perfect interface, but I don't have many complaints. The old web interface was annoying so I've been using the beta. It seemed well polished at the time so I'm happy to see that they consider it ready for their entire customer base. I don't have experience with the protonmail's bridge, but so far I haven't experienced any outages or slow behavior. I use a custom domain and I think protonmail and fastmail are feature parity in this area. Protonmail just offers fewer domains and addresses at a given tier.

jb1991 5y ago

What about the other alternatives, like fastmail? I mean what made you choose proton mail specifically?

BitwiseFool 5y ago
A colleague recommended it to me. I haven't heard of fastmail but I'll check it out now that you've mentioned it.
willis936 5y ago
I used fastmail for a bit but kept with gmail. I recently switched everything to protonmail. The key advantage of protonmail over fastmail is that protonmail doesn't have the private keys to your email storage.
- jb1991 5y ago
  What’s the usability or interface difference like between proton mail or fastmail, have you noticed any key differences in things like syncing or accessing with a mail client, etc.? Or just general features?
  - jackson1442 5y ago
    I’ve been very happy with Fastmail. Their webmail is fast and simple and you get essentially unlimited domains and aliases in your subscription. PM’s interface by comparison is significantly clunkier and more expensive.
  - willis936 5y ago
    Protonmail now supports bridging (IMAP, SMTP, and POP3), but to get the benefit of an encrypted email store I exclusively use their clients (mobile and web app). It's not a perfect interface, but I don't have many complaints. The old web interface was annoying so I've been using the beta. It seemed well polished at the time so I'm happy to see that they consider it ready for their entire customer base. I don't have experience with the protonmail's bridge, but so far I haven't experienced any outages or slow behavior. I use a custom domain and I think protonmail and fastmail are feature parity in this area. Protonmail just offers fewer domains and addresses at a given tier.