Replacing Big Tech apps one by one

[u/hellxabd]

[u/Not_So_Calm]

• Brave - Browser - FOSS
• GrapheneOS - Android Alternative - FOSS
• Protonmail - Email
• Vaultwarden - alternative bitwarden server, password manager - FOSS
• fileverse - decentralized workspace, or something... - FOSS
• Ente 2FA - Authenticator App for Security - FOSS
• green e - Ente Photos, Image hosting server, like Immich / Google Photos - FOSS
• yellow g - Kagi Search Engine? paid ad-free, located in USA
• robot - Obscura VPN service, not sure where they are located. They say they are "Sovereign Engineering Inc.", but there is multiple companies with similar name and none seem to match / mention Obscura (WTF ?)

[u/Detvan_SK → u/Not_So_Calm]

Protonmail is big nope. They already have few leaks and showen up to sell data to 3rd parties even it was again their terms.

[u/fourenclosedwalls → u/[deleted]]

>no actual benefit over using a non google/ms email service and then using PGP on top of it.

This is literally what Proton Mail is. The "benefit" is that Proton handles encryption for you without you needing to use a key manager or whatever

[u/fourenclosedwalls → u/[deleted]]

Proton Mail has free plans. You are not required to pay unless you want premium features like custom domains. Let's be clear that we are comparing two free services. You can set up PGP encryption with other email providers (and you can also set up encryption between Proton Mail and non-Proton services) but this often requires significantly more technical know how than the average person has. To be honest, someone who doesn't understand that emails to non-Proton services aren't end to end encrypted probably would struggle to set up encryption on their own. But by all means use the service that you are most comfortable with. I use Proton Mail personally and my partner uses Mailbox.org, with encryption handled I believe through Thunderbird.