Hi guys!

I’m looking for a Proton alternative. So far I’ve seen these two recommended. I was wondering what are the pros/cons of each? Seems Tutanota offers more bang for the buck in mailbox size etc, but I’m not sure. I’d also like to have a better integration with Android, because Proton’s email/calendar apps suck big time.

Thanks!

  • drkt
    4•2 months ago

    I don’t know mailbox.org but tuta will try to upsell you, eventually. It’s going down the same path as Proton is so maybe stay away from it if you want to get away from Proton.

    • @skankhunt42@lemmy.ca
      6•2 months ago

      With tuta, I was locked into using their apps which kind of sucked. I moved to mailbox.org with the intent of encrypting my inbox but never did in the end. I’m happy to have IMAP/SNMP back that’s for sure.

      Edit to add: been with mailbox.org 2 years and they’ve never tried to up sell me. Each Christmas I get a coupon or something to invite someone but I’ve never used it.

    • @araneae@beehaw.org
      3•2 months ago

      I just got on Tuta and don’t want to do this every 3 years forever. Can you elaborate on Tuta upselling the customer? I just need reasonable encryption, basic mail service, and for my data not to be in the hands of psychopaths.

      • drkt
        2•2 months ago

        Every once in a while they’ll send you an email with special CSS styling so you can’t avoid seeing it and you can’t unsubscribe from it. They call it a newsletter. It’s advertising. It’s less news and more begging you to buy more of their stuff. Very occasionally they’ll bump new features onto a higher tier but still show that feature in your UI, with special CSS styling. God forbid if they try to upgrade your account but you deny because you’re happy with the features you have now and the amount you pay; they push harder and harder the longer you’re on a ‘legacy’ tier.

        It happened to me. It’ll happen to you.

        • @jherazob@beehaw.orgEnglish
          1•2 months ago

          The GDPR ensures there’s no mailing list you cannot unsubscribe from, if they won’t let you it’s not a good thing

        • @drspod@lemmy.ml
          1•2 months ago

          special CSS styling so you can’t avoid seeing it

          you can’t set your client to plain-text only?

          • drkt
            2•2 months ago

            Tuta does not have a text-only mode for it’s interface.

    • @AkashicOwl@lemmy.world
      1•2 months ago

      Oh, I see Well, as long as they still offer the cheaper option I need, I don’t really care, it’s not the prettiest sales tactic but at least I can still chose