people condescendingly recommending proton as the better privacy option for gmail are like people condescendingly recommending matrix as the better community organization/communication tool than discord.

that is: condescending fools who have researched neither.

(and proton's owner is a maga-brained libertarian weirdo. you have been warned.)
@mawhrin I feel like there needs to be somewhere we can check these suppliers out for nutjob-ness before signing up (or is there already such a place?)

@janeishly @mawhrin

Proton is a better privacy option than Gmail
Matrix is a better communication tool than Discord

/Cybersec expert who is extremely well versed in all mentioned tech

@troed thank you very much; it is so nice that the sea lions and reply humans of the fediverse always announce themselves.