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Proton launches privacy-focused Google Docs alternative: Docs in Proton Drive is an open-source, end-to-end encrypted collaborative document editor (proton.me)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (3 children)

A lot of people confuse open source with community driven/governed.
If things go awry, you'll be locked-in, married to Proton.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (3 children)

They're just too expensive. Like, sure, it costs money to run, but 3.49€/month (the discounted 24 month rate) for the mail only plan, 15 GB storage. (41.88€, $45.17 USD, $67.28 AUD per year)

That's really expensive if you just want mail.

The other stuff, is also really expensive. To the point that makes you think, "there is no way google is making THIS much to make up the difference in advertising to me for a comparable plan".

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If you just need an email account I'd suggest to have a look at posteo.de. I am with them for many years now. Price is good and terms also.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

You get mailserver capabilities with that tier as well though. You shouldn't be using the plus plan unless you need the email storage or host custom domains and don't want to deal with the admin.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Awesome...I can move my budget over to my proton.me account now.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Are they trying to become Google alternative?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Interesting. I will try to find out if it's 1:1 in handling .docx like OnlyOffice which i hope it is. It sucks that OnlyOffice won't run natively on Wayland.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It is fork of onlyoffice, https://www.onlyoffice.com/blog/2023/07/self-hosted-onlyoffice-docspace

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Ehhh It is? Thanks for letting me know cause i didnt know that

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Great, hopefully it is as useful. Surveys and such are a must for any migration.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (4 children)

It's all good but I wish they increase the storage for free tier a bit more

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I wish they could provide more storage for paid users, or allow users to a la carte add storage. $4/mo to merely match Gmail's 15GB feels a bit steep, and it must be feasible for them to offer their mail service with 100GB+ for $5/mo.