[devoutsalsa]

"You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain." - Harvey Dent in The Dark Knight

It's funny that I really appreciated Google when I first signed up for Gmail. Now that I've had it for 16 years, I resent the fact that I can get deplatformed for any reason, and there's really nothing I can do to prevent that.

[Jukg7e3AFyskdj]

export all of your email to Protonmail and stop sucking on that Google breast

[bayindirh]

I'm seriously considering it, but I'm a heavy IMAP user. When you enable IMAP in ProtonMail, it's no different than any other mail provider, security wise.

This is the dilemma for me.

[dunnevens]

Other people have made good points. Just wanted to add: you'll feel better knowing you're no longer vulnerable to Google. It's a nice feeling of relief knowing Google could cancel my account tomorrow and I wouldn't be hurt in any substantial way. Definitely worth the effort to move your email to an independent provider.

[social_quotient]

Technically no different but you have cast a small vote to behavior you no loner tolerate or support (socially). Even if it’s a fraction of a dollar. In aggregate they add up.

[bayindirh]

That's another point to look at it, you're right.

[Jukg7e3AFyskdj]

I used to be also but now use the protonmail app on my phone. And this on my desktop https://github.com/vladimiry/ElectronMail

[infamia]

I don't think you can connect to your email via IMAP without ProtonMail Bridge (which encrypts traffic between your email client and ProtonMail).

[bayindirh]

AFAIK you bypass 2FA when you use IMAP. I don't see many advantages of using Proton (over any other independent e-mail provider) without 2FA.

The thing is, I connect all my accounts to a single mail application and handle everything from there, including their automated backups for ~15 years or so.

The jury is still out for me, we'll see.

[decrypt]

It is for this reason I am moving away from ProtonMail to Migadu. Literally any IMAP-offering email service would do. All that we need is a custom domain.

[Andrew_nenakhov]

buy your own domain and only use the email addresses you fully control.