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    Even though this is a nice development, I’m pretty disappointed in the resources directed at Linux support. I’m considering dropping Proton soon.

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      I agree, the VPN app is just awful, and now drive will take forever to arrive on Linux, probably with a half assed version too.

      I don’t know what they have multiple apps, just create one app for everything, mail and calender bridge and sync. A VPN makes sense to be separate, but that can be included too.

      Though mail + Simplelogin + VPN(just using the wireguard config) is a killer combination, now with Pass being almost ready to use, proton Unlimited is a very good subscription.

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      Proton is a shit-hole except for it’s email - and even then it’s barebones. Consider switching to Mullvad for a VPN, it’s incredible with linux.

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        Imo tutanota is better, if you don’t use rest of their products, are there any advantages of using protonmail instead of tutanota?

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          Not really. They are very similar, but I prefer Tutanota because of the $1/m subscription they used to offer. I don’t feel as if $4/m is worth it for email. At the end of the day, it’s really just personal preference.

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      Article says:

      We’re also beginning the beta for our upcoming macOS desktop app for Proton Drive. […] Once the macOS app is released, we’ll also work on our planned Linux version.

      Based on Proton’s trackrecord in development times I’ld say a far future, but I must admit they’ve been making meters lately when it comes to releasing stuff. It may be sooner than expected (or it might take years, we’d have to wait and see).

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    eh, protondrive’s pricing is absolute insanity though, the profit margins are madness:
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    like i can get a 6 terabyte office plan for £80 a year (ends up being ~£6 pounds a month), as well as a mullvad subscription, and i’ll still have 14 pounds left over… per month. So im saving money, and i’m getting twice the storage.

    You can still use onedrive in a privacy respecting manner as well, just use cryptomator.

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      6 terabyte office plan

      Seems that Microsoft gives you 6TB total, but only up to 1TB per user. How are you using it?

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        You can just make 6 accounts and invite yourself to the family plan, and then you can mount each in explorer using mountain duck. Or rclone if you’re on linux.

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    I Always Wondered Why proton choose windows first is it because it’s the most popular desktop os or because it has the most software support

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    Hmm took them long enough, considering their insane prices. They should be able to recruit more developers.