I've used proton for a year or two now and it is fine. Great for use on my phone when I want to use public/airport wifi and it sort of kind of works with gluetun (the rotating port is annoying but it still is a forwarded port).

But I've increasingly been annoyed with Proton as a company and am looking to migrate my email/domain to fastmail in the very near future. I COULD continue to just pay for the vpn (60 USD a year is pretty reasonable) but also feel like this is a good opportunity to "shop around"

Checked the wiki and other FAQs (which all basically crib from said wiki) and they all basically boil down to proton or mullivad... except that mullivad apparently stopped allowing port forwarding which is a bit of an issue for any torrents and the like.

So are there any other good options?

Thanks

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[–] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 2 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Their CEO praised Trump/the Republican Party. He got widely criticised for it. Proton released a damage control statement but later deleted it after it made things worse.

People are now moving away from Proton as a result.

[–] Zaphod@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 weeks ago

For fucks sake. I just started to move to proton last year...

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It would be more accurate to say some people are moving away. The majority of their users are quite happy where they are.

[–] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 weeks ago

"Time to find a CEO who has yet to publicly express their fascist sympathies..."

[–] jherazob@beehaw.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

I am not, but it took me a year+ to move from Gmail to Proton after having a Gmail account since the start of the service, and after i was more or less settled in now comes this scandal, i will move but it will not be immediately, need to plan it well, and also likely use a custom domain to not need to change the address in the future

[–] Extras5023@lemm.ee 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Wow! Add me to that group. I need to cancel my annual family plan.

[–] Gronk@aussie.zone 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I unfortunately bought a subscription before dickhead made his statement. Looks like I'm with them for a year >.<

[–] Dreaming_Novaling@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

I haven't done it yet, but if you cancel your and contact them, I've heard you can get a refund for the months you haven't used. Even if you cancel but don't contact, you still can use the service until the end of your subscription.

My biggest thing stopping me rn is moving my emails away from proton mail and simpleogin (switched to mailbox.org and anonaddy free) and trying to convince myself I don't need port forwarding 😭

[–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone -4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Who knew pirates were such babies they can’t use a product simply because the ceo has differing political views. Insane.

[–] Fifrok@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

People don't support things and people they think are wrong, what a wild concept

[–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone -4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You’re talking about a community that supports piracy lol. Not exactly the moral compass you’re pretending they are.

[–] Fifrok@discuss.tchncs.de -1 points 1 week ago

huh? Where did I say pirates are morally superior? I meant that people, in general, like to think of themselfs as good and so avoid doing things they think are bad. I don't see where I might have implied what things are good/bad.

[–] the_q@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

No it's insane to continue supporting companies when their leadership doesn't align with your ideals. The only power you have is choice. Now run along and continue being the good little consumer you've been made to be.

[–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone -5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You’re acting like their CEOs political leaning makes any difference at all to the company. It doesn’t. All people like you are doing is making sure everyone just hides their opinions to fool numpties like yourself.

Run along and draw some swasticas on cars while calling yourself the good guys.

[–] the_q@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Capitalism has really done a number on you. It's sad. You even admit you have to hide your opinions, but can't understand what that really means. Ah well. It's not like you matter anyway so keep in being a piece of shit with no self awareness!