[golf_mike]

I just took the plunge and moving off the MS suite to Proton. It is little bit less polished but it serves my (basic) needs. And no more worries of being locked out of everything should MS decide I`m violating their terms somehow. I don`t use a custom domain for privacy reasons so no experience there. They don`t offer excel/sheets kind of stuff but for my personal stuff I don`t need that anyway. I like the authenticator/password manager more, it allows for saving arbitrary notes which I like for the odd governmental acces code that needs saving. The vpn is way better than NordVPN which I had before. Connects faster, and connection feels faster. No hard numbers to back that claim though. The calendar works well with invitations from either Google and Ms, better so than the MS offering actually. For me a perfect fit but ymmv ofcourse :)

[panki27]

> And no more worries of being locked out of everything should MS decide I`m violating their terms somehow.

I'm curious about what is different with Proton regarding this point?

[chuckadams]

For one, Proton can't inspect your content (at rest) for TOS violations. And as a smaller company, they 1) can't afford to lock accounts in as sloppy an automated fashion as MS and Google are known to, and 2) have actual humans working support.

[cess11]

In part they've built their image and business by siding with dissidents and persecuted groups.

That's quite different from MICROS~1.

[golf_mike]

Proton cannot access my content. Go look for cases where people are shut out of their accounts and not being able to get in. Not sure why the downvote but hey, give me some more for sharing my motivation and experience.