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[–] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 6 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".

[–] menemen@lemmy.world 5 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.

[–] ruse8145@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Switched to them in 2022 after a 2-year of proton precisely because the revised proton plans were weird and because id heard a lot of negative stories about getting locked out (from the proton side, not losing password). Ironically I almost just went thru the lockout process but thankfully the email support guy was able to get things sorted.

Tbh I miss nothing and since I use simple login or anonaddy for most misc things, switching was easy. My proton account is de facto dead...I wouldn't refuse to return, but I'm really just an a la carte guy.

[–] macgyver@federation.red 2 points 4 months ago

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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[–] bquintb@midwest.social 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

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[–] spiderman@ani.social 4 points 4 months ago (4 children)

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

[–] SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip 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.

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[–] Bali@lemmy.world 4 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.

[–] bruhduh@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] Bali@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

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

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

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

[–] DictatorGator@feddit.de 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Is this meant as a Proton Notes equivalent ?

[–] twei@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

No, but they've recently acquired standardnotes

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[–] fin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Are they trying to become Google alternative?

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