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submitted 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) by pleasestopasking@reddthat.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Right now a lot of us are trying to divest and diversify from having our entire lives on Google both because of the way Google spends its money and the long-standing privacy concerns seeming a bit more scary now.

What services have you switched to and what has your experience been? What do you like, what don't you like, would you recommend them?

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[-] venotic@kbin.melroy.org 13 points 14 hours ago

ProtonMail was the GMail alternative for awhile, until Proton CEO did a stupid move. Otherwise, ProtonMail had actually been a great service and it was nice having a data cap of 500MB. It told me that was all I ever needed for the few years I had with it.

Firefox Forks over Chrome.

[-] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 1 points 14 minutes ago

Tuta also has a free tie up to 1GB. Been slowly switching over for a few years. It isn't perfect and you can only use the first party app for "security" but tuta supports a ton of privacy efforts within the EU also

[-] pleasestopasking@reddthat.com 2 points 14 hours ago
[-] venotic@kbin.melroy.org 17 points 14 hours ago

Proton CEO endorsed Trump. Proton's stance has always been against Big Tech and how Big Tech is bad and that's all well and good. But, it's contradicting when you praise or endorse an administration that's more than likely going to let Big Tech roll over everyone.

[-] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 3 hours ago

Proton CEO endorsed Trump

This is a blatant lie. That never happened.

[-] gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 1 points 7 minutes ago

Not a blatant lie, but somewhat of an exaggeration. He praised Trump, then praised the Republican party while denigrating the Democrats in the same sentence.

[-] pleasestopasking@reddthat.com 5 points 13 hours ago

Was out of the loop on that so I just did the most cursory search. What do you think of this take on it?

[-] gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

I never saw anyone try to claim that he was MAGA. Even if he doesn't necessarily support Trump, the tweet is still beyond tone-deaf as it's still painting Trump in a positive light while Trump is trampling on our rights and the constitution.

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It should also be mentioned that Trump is also actively making things worse for privacy everywhere else, so why even bother cherry-picking that one nomination? It's obvious that the way Trump works is that if you don't follow his word he will just fire you. Even if this nomination may have a past that might show they would do some good things for privacy, if you're not a pawn under Trump's control then you will just be replaced. So the whole point is moot.

Additionally, look at the tweet in question "Republicans were the party of big business and Dems stood for the little guys, but today the tables have completely turned." There is zero excuse for praising the Republican party and somehow not supporting Trump. They are directly connected and the two concepts cannot be divorced. Supporting the Republican party in any way literally means supporting Trump. Full stop.

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