And that is all completely fine for you to choose for yourself. Would be nice to see a mass migration away from google to proton over all of the blind support google gets.

Huh I never thought about this. This is something I’ll have to do some research on, thanks.

Thank you! I’ll check this one out! Any troubles with your custom domain being flagged or going into recipient’s spam folders?

I agree, I haven’t felt like there’s any reason for these accounts to flag me.

I’ve seen Mailbox be floated around, I’ll definitely give it a look. Thank you

Besides their controversies and responses I’m not really a huge fan of their shift to a large suite. Its feeling very google adjacent and I don’t want to put my eggs all in one basket again. While they’re really convenient and easy to use, I just think they’re not for me and my needs anymore.

They offer a very convenient suite, so if you feel it works for you, no judgment here. The response you linked is kinda nice to take accountability for supporting (in a way) a controversial creator. Unfortunately it’s not enough for me. They openly support Trump (which I understand is a personal preference) and I was starting to get uncomfortable with how much their suite began to feel a lot like google. I dont really want to put all of my eggs in one basket again, y’know?

Oh yea honestly for a bit there I was pretty happy to be using a more privacy-friendly suite. But after a while it just kind of started feeling a bit too familiar to our “do no evil”-removing google and I got uncomfortable.

Totally, not every country’s “right-wing” is the same. But unfortunately they have been very open about their support for Trump and many other questionable people. I feel like their interests greatly contradict their model for privacy. It’s a lil spooky.

I believe in this sub there is another post showing Proton’s official response to their latest controversy which has ultimately led to my decision.

But I will miss the convenience of their suite. I do view their products as pretty solid.

Ive been really considering Tuta as my next choice. Do you find it difficult or easy to use for your accounts like bills/finance/important?

Interesting, never heard of that before, I’ll check it out

Thank you for the suggestion! I’ll definitely look into this

Thats what I was thinking too. I was considering opening a ticket with my bank but trying to do that with sites like Paypal and my phone company are extra hassles since their customer services feel non-existant.

Its more of a personal thing. Theyre fine. I started to not like that they’ve become a, I’m not sure of the right term, but a google-like hub where I store all my info. (Email, drive, VPN, meets, etc.). Plus I dont want to support a company that aligns themselves with far-right ideologies. So it is a personal thing, but they work well enough.

I will look into that thank you!

I think I looked at Bazzite and I can’t remember fully why, but I am pretty sure there were some things about it that I wasnt a fan of. But I can definitely give it a revisit.

I do have Kubuntu fully installed on an old laptop, its a gem! I am a huge Linux fan, so I am pretty bummed my PC graphics card isnt playing nice

Thank you for all of the information and resources! I’ll take some time to check everything out and add them to my growing arsenal

I have heard of this happening, it will probably be something that I’ll have to keep in mind actively while I use Windows for now. But yes, the ultimate goal is to make the huge switch to Linux when I can get my hands on a better graphics card. Linux hated my Nvidia :(

Thank you! I am definitely planning to look into that, I appreciate the recommendation!

Thank you I’ll look into that!

I realize I am quite ignorant when it comes to firewalls. Anything you recommend I look into specifically?

Yea unfortunately, a lot of what I do both job and hobby-wise has me leashed to the internet. But I do appreciate the idea of going offline whenever I can

Thank you so much for such a detailed response and providing resources! I appreciate your effort and help!

Before I do anything more I’m going to read over yours (and a few other comments) a few more times and do some research. But this gives me awesome guidance, thank you. Hopefully I can take control of whatever privacy I am able to with Microsoft while I still use it. I am hoping though to someday make a full switch to Linux with no issue.