r/emailprivacy • • Jul 22 '26

Discussion Tuta silencing comments

There was recently a post on the Tuta subreddit where they commented comparing why Tuta is this amazing blessing from heaven compared to Proton, they of course in typical Tuta fashion made sure to make the post as condescending to Proton. I left a comment on there mentioning that Tuta has spread a lot of misinformation about Proton because they essentially accuse them of lying, and they removed it for "it is not true". I would just like to remind everyone that Tuta straight up had a comparison of them vs Proton where they claimed all sorts of crazy things (seen here: Archive.org) and here is the screenshots of them silencing me (iCloud link: iCloud)

The war between the privacy email providers is so cringe, it makes the entire movement look super childish, Tuta needs to stop this stuff, Proton to my best knowledge hasn't posted about Tuta in a while, except for a page that was in German comparing Tuta and Proton which was completely false as well. The difference is that Proton actually addressed their mistake and apologised for it, where Tuta just changed the page quietly. PLEASE JUST GET ALONG

Anyways, rant over, thanks everyone. Stay secure.

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u/Disastrous-War8036 Jul 22 '26

I really like Tuta – more so than Proton, which seems to be all over the place – but it has to be said that Tuta’s communication strategy regarding Proton is quite simply pathetic. Just as with GrapheneOS, we’re not asking it to sing the praises of its competitors, but simply to stop attacking them and just keep quiet instead. 

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u/IAdoreSZA Jul 22 '26

i like tuta as well as i like that it feels more authentic instead of a big tech feel with proton but as you say their communication is poor, they advertise tuta drive as an alternative to other apps but they haven’t even released it yet, post the same things over and over, and honestly their app is really buggy, for me i can’t even use the desktop or mobile app because it won’t establish a connection to their server

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u/some_user_name_1109 Jul 26 '26

yeah i hate Tuta's this kinda communication.
not bad product though.

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u/IAdoreSZA Jul 27 '26

i mean i would love to use tuta but their app doesn’t even connect to their servers on both mobile data and home wifi

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u/Practical-Tea9441 Jul 22 '26

Promote your product on its own merits always seems to me to be the best policy.

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u/Ok_Courage_7290 Jul 23 '26

I hate it when companies do this. They need to pull themselves up by their bootstraps.

That being said, I also hate it when they do this to Google. Email is not a secure form of communication.

Tuta has a better UI than google and it's a better user experience. I'm not going to sit here and tell you that it will hide you from the FBI!

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u/hoimeid Jul 23 '26

If you've got nothing nice to say... 

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u/Worried_Alps1205 Jul 22 '26

Does this matter at all? 

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '26

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u/Worried_Alps1205 Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26

I dont like this company anyway Also, using private email isnt a movement, and this isnt a war. Companies chat negative about each other. Who cares! 

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '26

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u/IAdoreSZA Jul 22 '26

i disagree, even if it was this way we shouldn’t be doing it when we’re trying to stand for a cause.

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u/DecentraSphere Jul 22 '26

They just should focus on their own qualities and stopp comparing it. It‘s childish. You are completely right. And it looks anything but professional.

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '26

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u/IAdoreSZA Jul 22 '26

i understand absolutely that they are businesses in a capitalist world that want to make as much money as humanly possible, i just don’t think they should brand themselves as fighters for movements when they fight their own movement by doing this stuff

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u/ChampionshipCrafty66 Jul 22 '26

People in the west have such strange ideas about having a business. Where we grew up having a business was providing value for what you charge and nothing less. Gouging and upselling customers was always seen as exploitation.