Post #587574

2026-03-08 14:40 UTC

I have nothing against Proton or any of their products, but I took the opportunity of switching away from big tech to also switch away from the all-services-in-one-provider model. Moving everything from let’s say Google to let’s say Proton just kicks the problem down the road. If Proton ever goes evil or goes out of business you’re now looking for a new home for all your services again. Its also generally good privacy practice to use a VPN provider that is wholly separate from any other provider you use so that provider doesn’t have access to your VPN traffic. This is more true from providers who aren’t trustworthy, but it’s a rule I follow regardless. Of course, this all depends on your threat model.

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@ComradePedro@lemmy.ml 2026-03-08 15:06

Using separate providers for cloud storage, passwords, email and VPN is way less convenient and more expensive than having it all under Proton. It’s not perfect but it’s miles ahead of what most people use.

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@TRock@feddit.dk 2026-03-08 15:38

Proton is a big supporter of Trump regime

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@BigTurkeyLove@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-03-08 16:08

I am in the process of slowly buying up the hardware and learning the needed information to self hosting, I degoogled my life which was a hard thing and Proton was the easier place to go and it was intended to be a place holder till I feel confident enough to switch everything over to a self hosted setup. Using the Proton VPN is more a frugal choice. I’ve setup my first Pi Nas (raspberry 5 pi nas) and that was step in my self hosting journey, I do own my domains for my emails so step 2 is to get another raspberry 5 and setup my own self hosted website server and email. I’ve always been a tech savvy guy but my field is manufacturing, I’m not a software or web developer like a lot of the people on here so it’s a bit of a slower pace for me but I’m working on it, also its getting more and more expensive to self hosting by the day. I do value the input and information I learn on here and appreciate the explanation and input!

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