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I'm getting ready to move off of Google (and Private Internet Access), and Proton is looking like the best option. But I'm nervous. Some of the things I worry about:

  • Calendar support: I rely really heavily on Google Calendar. How will I share events with others? And what will I do without Google Tasks?
  • VPN App Quality: Seeing some mixed reviews on Proton VPN Android app.
  • Proton ethics & politics: Look, I really don't want to open up the holy war here. My big stipulation is: I don't want my money to go to a company that will donate its money or services to fascists. To my knowledge, Proton does not do that. I know they made a post that seemed to praise GOP antitrust efforts. I do not believe that that is the same thing as lending material support for fascists. (And, as someone who is very well read-in on antitrust issues, I'll say that -- for a lot of complicated reasons -- there is some truth to Proton's post, but I wish they had framed it as a critique of the corporate wing of the Democratic party and not praise of the GOP.)
  • Anything else I haven't thought to ask.

So, folks who have made the switch: What do you wish you had known? What do you wish you had done to make the move easier?

Thank you for your advice.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I looked to see if I could get by replacing Photos with Drive in Proton. Whilst I can upload stuff. Videos greater than 100mb need to be downloaded to be watched. I guess because Google process videos to allow them to be streamed. Sadly a deal breaker for me :(

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Might want to look into Immich or PeerTube.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've looked at Immich a few times. I don't really like self hosting important data as I don't trust myself to not lose anything!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I can't vouch for them but there are managed solutions for Immich, e.g. https://elest.io/open-source/immich

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I can't remember the video info for ente, but you might check that out for photo and video backup.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah. I have a free account I used for testing. I need to give it another go really. I liked it but it is still not a patch on Google Photos in terms of usability for viewing or finding photos.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

They've added some functionality for findability that might be more useful now!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I use posteo.de/en for email and we use the calender as a shared family calender with my wife.

Works fine for me, but we don't really use the calender to share events with others, so I am not sure how well that works.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Proton bridge is scam - it only pretends that it works. I have been trying to get a support that it doesn't sync & delete e-mails correctly for 2 years and the only "help" was to clean the cache and wait 2 hours for resyncing...

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago

honestly i would recommend keeping google calendar. proton calendar just wasn’t cutting it for me so the only google app i still require is calendar

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