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[–] [email protected] 45 points 8 months ago (14 children)

I'm actually glad for it. It made me switch to Linux, discover Mullvad Browser and their VPN combo, get a GrapheneOS phone, find an amazing Freetube YT desktop client, and dabble with Home Assistant and PIHole. Plus I migrated to Protonmail and Kagi as my search, and Lemmy instead of reddit is also an amazing change, the discussions I've seen so far feel better and more in depth, and I'm enjoying my time here so far. The lack of endless content is also great, to help with implementing Digital Minimalism.

So, while I hate any large corporation and their greed with more and more passion, it has lead me to a nice privacy journey, for which I'm glad.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (6 children)

Same for me. I switched to Linux, left reddit currently migrating to proton mail and my next phone will be one where I can install Graphene OS onto. More changes will come soon.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (5 children)

Don't get stuck w Protonmail. I did, not worth.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Proton is still worth it IMO, e-mail is inherently unsafe and Proton still beats using Gmail or Outlook.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It does but at ~$80/year, you might as well buy a domain and host your own email..

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Yes, and host it on Proton. They are pretty reasonably priced compared to paid offerings by Microsoft and Google, and even if you pay them you are still the product. With proton you are the customer.

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