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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Reminder: Proton Mail addresses have vendor lock-in (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 days ago by bl4kers@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Both auto-forwarding and auto-reply are paid features, which makes cancelling & switching much more difficult. Gmail is a breeze comparatively. I highly recommend against using their addresses (e.g. protonmail.com, proton.me, pm.me)

Email forwarding is available for everyone with a paid Proton Mail plan.

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[–] bl4kers@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

My criticism is more than you selecting a provider, not paying for it, know what the problem is then complain it’s not what you need despite knowing it in advance.

I was a paying customer. I was not aware of this functionality being paid. If I had been aware, I wouldn't have used Proton addresses. Now I'm facing the consequences after switching. Others have commented being in the same position,

you can see from the total number of downvotes to your post and the upvotes on my comments

If you think I care, you're wrong. The point of this post is to remind and inform, not argue over technical definitions. If it helps one person then it's served its purpose

[–] HayadSont@discuss.online 1 points 2 days ago

What have you switched to?

[–] utopiah@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

You do not have to care. I'm only highlighting that according to this community your post is precisely not "informing" much.

Also while checking your history https://lemmy.ml/post/19526546 it seems to be a pattern of misunderstanding then blaming it on others.

I guess that's what not arguing over petty details like "technical definitions" might result in.

Please do not use Proton if you do not think it's appropriate for your usage. Please do inform others about problems you do encounter. Please do note though that when you are misrepresenting the situation, e.g. with titles that are shortcuts and thus incorrect, you are NOT helping.