Post by @dalias@hachyderm.io
So here’s the thing. My entire life is on Proton: email, calendar, documents, VPN, all my passwords, all my ID, all my important data.
My annual subscription is up at the end of January.
If they don’t oust Andy Yen by then, I’m out. The question is where?
Infomaniak seems to offer most of what Proton does but they also use AI.
What other options are there? I’m seeing people suggesting email alternatives. But I need a whole lot more than that.
@clacksee A bundled/integrated system is *always* going to be like this. The whole point is making you feel like your whole life is on there so it's hard to move.
@chexum @dalias @clacksee It is a flaw in our tool ecosystems, in a way.
One that has been promoted by the DMCA.
Tools intended to paper over the difference and reduce switching costs to near-zero are actively fought against.
It is somewhat surprising when malicious/capitalist operators start with a standard method, rather than offering a silo'd option.
Oh, slow-boiling & entrapment works, but it requires much longer-term thinking than they prefer. (When it's progressive corruption of something originally not actively malicious is another time when this dynamic plays out.)
Google demonstrated that dynamic in various ways (they could afford long-term thinking due to the state helping them in various ways).
Tutanota & Proton more recently in a more compact way.
One that has been promoted by the DMCA.
Tools intended to paper over the difference and reduce switching costs to near-zero are actively fought against.
It is somewhat surprising when malicious/capitalist operators start with a standard method, rather than offering a silo'd option.
Oh, slow-boiling & entrapment works, but it requires much longer-term thinking than they prefer. (When it's progressive corruption of something originally not actively malicious is another time when this dynamic plays out.)
Google demonstrated that dynamic in various ways (they could afford long-term thinking due to the state helping them in various ways).
Tutanota & Proton more recently in a more compact way.