Started to move off Google's services to proton:
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The one thing i use google is youtube and gmail. Idk how to move away from that…
For YouTube, it's probably not possible to not use its content, but you can try alternate front ends like Piped (and its wonderful Android client, LibreTube, if you're on Android.)
For Gmail, not sure if this works for you but I set the vacation feature to reply to every email I receive notifying them of my new email. I switched to Vivaldi Webmail (Proton doesn't let you use 3rd party clients w/o a subscription plan btw, I'd switched to Vivaldi first so not a major thing for me) but Skiff (paid) looks good, Kagi Search is planning an email service, Tutanota has an email service, and I guess you could self host. While you transition, use a client that lets you have a unified inbox (K9 works on Android) and just have both logged in.
The only thing i have done so far is use imap into thunderbird…. All this is valuable. I want to use a self hosted solution but at the moment its all a surface level thought. Thanks a lot for this comment!!
YouTube:
Gmail:
EZPZ what else ya got?
Mailbox.org > proton. Fite me
Never heard of it.
Proton is in the process of removing their PC bridge in favor of a custom app. After they're done you won't be able to migrate your email away from their service anymore.
Which is ironic, when people are trying to flee from Google. Out of the fire and into the frying pan...
That’s a bold claim. Got a source for this move?
They've announced they're trialing the custom app currently, after which they'll discontinue the IMAP/SMTP bridge.
I’ve just skimmed through the proton blog briefly and I couldn’t see anything referencing this. Do you have a link by chance?
It's in restricted beta currently, only available to a small category of users, and still lacking features. They say it will launch early 2024 but it looks more like mid-year to me (at best).
Point is, it won't happen very soon, but it will happen
Thanks,
So they haven’t made an announcement about retiring the proton bridge app yet.
I think I’ll wait until I see them actually remove it before I believe they’re locking us in.