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Do people like Tuta for email? I am once again considering ditching gmail.
Feb 12 at 2:43pmWeb
Show threadSuper Ratboy 64Feb 12

@sexybenfranklin
I started switching from Gmail about 15 months ago.

I weighed Tuta and Proton at the time and chose Proton. Based on my scan of reviews by various folks, Tuta seemed to be behind Proton at the time in regard to features and stability. That may have changed in the interim. I can say that Proton has improved and added features within that time period.

I understand there is some hesitancy given the CEO of Proton but for me at that time, it was the better option.

Show threadSemitonesFeb 12

@jaykass @sexybenfranklin

Hi đź‘‹ random reply here. I've used both proton and Tuta at this point. I think you're spot on that Proton has more features and Tuta is catching up. However, it feels like Proton is also further along on the enshittification curve. They really want you to pay for their all-inclusive membership and keep nudging you in that direction by making other things slightly incomplete. You really can't have the services you want a la carte, because they don't let you do that.

Show threadSemitonesFeb 12
@jaykass @sexybenfranklin i've also realized that both Proton and Tuta are too private and secure for what I really need and that gets in the way. It's too difficult to use third-party email clients with either of them, even though Proton has their proprietary bridge thing. If I were doing it again, I would look at the other options too, like fastmail and I don't really know what other options exist.
Show threadReayFeb 12

@sexybenfranklin I actually just left Tuta for a laundry list of issues I had with it over a year of it being my daily driver — small things included no modifiability to the look or layout of their web portal; bigger things were their help desk not knowing the answer to something bigger I asked for help with (them almost literally saying, “Well, it shouldn’t do that” as their reply) and my having to do another lap with them to actually get answers from a different rep; to routine (and clearly stated) disconnections from their service on the mobile app despite data strength being fine; to their acknowledgment that they could duplicate my issue of not being able to send a sub-8 meg attachment on an email from my phone because it says it’s greater than 25 megs, but that ticket still being open by the time I stopped using them months later. 🤷‍♂️

After a lot of hunting around, I went with mailbox.org. German, they handle custom domains… been happy with them for the few months I’ve been using them. The only downside is they don’t have a mobile app yet, so I’ve been using the Spark app for that (which ain’t cheap but has AI only as an option-in feature instead of baked in, and otherwise does what I need it to do, so I guess worth the money?)

Other than that I have no thoughts on the matter. 🙂

Show thread Stlex Feb 12
@sexybenfranklin I've been enjoying Fastmail a lot.
Show threadmtFeb 12
@sexybenfranklin yes it's great. Easy to set up and you can do custom domains. With custom domains you can have infinite aliases. So every subscription and every sign up can have it's own alias so you can block stuff really easy. I recommend getting a professional domain and a garbage domain you can point all the services that track your buying habits.
Show threadmtFeb 12
@sexybenfranklin it will cost you a little less than $40 a year but that's worth the weight that you lift off your shoulders from carrying all that junk mail