2026-06-17 09:49 UTC
@XNHQ@mastodon.social a difference though is Google had a strong incentive to move that way since they were free. Proton has the opposite incentive considering they're both paid and their only big draw is privacy. The streaming services learned this lesson as well: people don't like both paying for a service *and* being served ads.
I don't particularly like that they're going AI as it dilutes focus/funds from their core, but if it stays separate I'm not too upset. Slippery slopes often don't pan out. $.02.
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@XNHQ@mastodon.social 2026-06-17 12:26
@hubertus@mastodon.social Yes, I agree that proton is still way better than google but what proton is doing is concerning. And it just feels that they market being private rather than truly living to that principle. Similar to how google markets simplicity. Nobody likes ads in their email. For me personally, I decided to slowly move to another alternative because I do not really want to find out.