i posted this on reddit before but i wanted to get your opinion on this
i use my familys google drive/photo thing (i cant really change) and i obviously want us to switch, but my mom (who take care of this whole thing) says that she likes the ecosystem that google has. Like she uses her calendar and stuff. The closest ive found is proton, which is fine, but it doesnt really have the best rep. Any alternatives?
BTW: im not gonna self-host since im not comfortable hosting such a big thing like this
Zoho? Not the best in regards to privacy though
Maybe Murena Workspace (French) which I use, or kDrive (Swiss)
I think Proton is quite good. They lack one feature that I need, which is integrated contacts on mobile, but once they add that, it will be a complete package.
dont they have a bad rep…? i feel like ive heard that they’re like the worst of the privacy services, but thats atleast better than google 🤷♂️
some people say that but proton is great
Sort of, but it isn’t in my view very well deserved. There is certainly quite a bit of FUD here in the fediverse, but sometimes it feels manufactured.
The CEO has made, and partially walked back, some statements favoring right wing groups, but it was mostly antitrust stuff, so I think it is mostly rich person doing rich person things.
But they claim to be politically neutral, and they are a Swiss company which already puts it in a tier above anything hosted in many other western countries.
The services themselves are technically very well done, and the applications for using them are also very good. They have a new drive cli which is good. The password manager is great. VPN is good too. The mail bridge they provide is also very good if you want to use third party mail apps but with the benefit of their encryption.
There are other services that compete strongly on each of those and more, but I don’t think any do when considering the full suite.
Not at all. They’ve gotten some flack for turning over some data to authorities after they were legally compelled, which is something any company will either do or cease to exist. They also got some flack for some dumb statements by the CEO but those don’t affect your privacy.
