I've been looking into the Fediverse and it seems like something I want to get more accustomed to. But iw as wondering if there was an email one based on it? I've got like Gmail and outlooks. But I also have a rarely used protonmail. So, I was wondering, is Proton good enough. Or is there a Fediverse alternative?

I understand all of this now. I just made a dumb mistake when looking at the Fediverse umbrella. Leaving it in hopes someone else may need it.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I can recommend getting serious with Proton and getting rid of Gmail. I've started two years ago and now I have the Gmail account only for some historical stuff, I use it like once a month.

[–] pbanana 2 points 1 year ago

I love protonmail, I’ve had it for several years now. Tutanota is another good alternative as well and it’s cheaper compared to proton.

[–] Resistentialism 2 points 1 year ago

To be honest. I don't really use Gmail. Only for YouTube, and my phone, as its stick android. And yes, I am aware that's a bit shit. But, I can't be arsed fucking about woth rooting and flashing and all that. Gmail is for like things I don't care about. And I've got a main Hotmail from absolutely years ago. It must be at least 14 years old at this point which has near enough everything on it. And I really can't be arsed moving everything over. But whenever I make a new account I'm gonna use proton. And if there's things that I do care about. I'll likely move those big ones over.

[–] dot20 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

May I ask what you use as a Google Drive/Photos alternative? I've already ditched Gmail but I'm having a hard time finding private alternatives for these two services

[–] harsh3466 2 points 1 year ago

If you're willing to self-host, check out Immich. It's pretty much the go to google photos replacement.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For Google Drive I use Proton Drive, Photos I still haven't migrated, but I'm not a photo person, it's not a priority.

[–] dot20 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How happy are you with ProtonDrive? Last time I took a look at it, they just launched it and it was only the web version. Looks like they now have mobile apps but still no desktop client?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I use it only for sharing external files, so desktop client doesn't really matter to me. I haven't much tried even the mobile apps, my flow is pretty much upload file via web, copy link and send it (it was the same with Google Drive for me). For automatic synchronization of files I use a mix of Synology Drive and Syncthing.

[–] dot20 1 points 1 year ago

Hmm alright. I move around a lot, so a NAS isn't a great option for me, hence looking into cloud services. Thanks though.