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Swiss company Proton is further expanding its productivity suite. In addition to an email service, calendar, VPN, password manager, and drive, Proton Sheets is now available. It is an alternative to Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets, an increasingly important advantage as countries take sovereignty more seriously.

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[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 0 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (2 children)

Yeah it's a LOT far from the truth, like the distance between neptune and the sun

[–] illi@piefed.social 3 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

Yeah, I guess it depends on how you look at it and what are your limits on this stuff. I can see why you disagree even with me for sure.

It definitely didn't look great. It certainly didn't inspire confidence. Not bad enough for me to leave (once the head cooled), but enough for me to consider it if a competitor comes up with a similar offering (looking at Tuta Drive once they introduce it).

[–] marx@piefed.social 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

It was enough to get me to unsubscribe and move to tuta for email, pcloud for storage, and mullvad for VPN. I still have a free proton account but they will need to really regain my trust to get me to resubscribe.

Regardless of the walkback, it takes a real egghead to 'accidentally' praise an obviously corrupt fascist. Even from the narrow perspective of 'what is best for their business' it was moronic. You really think the guy in bed with Peter Theil, Palantir, Musk, etc etc and loves dictators who "rule with an iron fist" is somehow good for your privacy company and your users?

The statement revealed this dude as either at worst a fascist or at best a dipshit. Neither option is great for CEO of a company that requires very high trust from its users. Do I want to rely on and pay for products from the company he oversees? No not really.

[–] illi@piefed.social 3 points 16 hours ago

I'm in a similar boat. I had Proton Unlimited because of a good deal they had, downgraded back to Mail Plus and got Mullvad for VPN (which looks to me better than Proton).

The thing about Proton is they make it easy to degoogle. I can easily set up gmail stuff to be forwarded for things I didn't switch yet (or people who didn't catch on the fact I changed emails) and they have a whole suite of products.

But really, if Tuta introduces a Drive on feature parity, I will consider a switch - though it will be pain to change everything again.

[–] XLE@piefed.social 1 points 18 hours ago

"Great pick by [Donald Trump]. 10 years ago, Republicans were the party of big business and Dems stood for the little guys, but today the tables have completely turned."

- Andy Yen, Proton CEO

"Until corporate Dems are thrown out, the reality is that Republicans remain more likely to tackle Big Tech abuses."

- Proton