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Proton releases a self-custody bitcoin wallet | Proton Wallet is open source and has been audited by a third-party firm, the company said (techcrunch.com)

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Proton isn’t reinventing the wheel with this crypto wallet. But it’s another solid option for people looking to create a crypto wallet for the first time. However, cryptocurrencies tend to be a polarizing topic, so let’s see if Proton Wallet doesn’t hurt Proton’s brand image in the future.

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[-] adksilence@lemm.ee 12 points 3 months ago

Why must companies feel like they need to be everything to everyone? Proton would be absolutely awesome if it stuck to it's "We're better than GMail" plan and provided stellar email and calendar.

Leave the VPN and cryptowallets and all that "not email related" crap to it's own app/company/environment.

[-] HKayn@dormi.zone 1 points 3 months ago

Proton would be absolutely awesome if it stuck to it's "We're better than GMail" plan and provided stellar email and calendar.

You're saying that like those have now gotten worse than they were before.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

Eh, having a more complete package is how you defeat Gmail. People don't use Gmail because Gmail rocks, they use it because of all the other crap it comes with, like Google Drive and Calendar. So at a minimum, they should provide those with their email. But a lot of customers want VPN, and they already have a bunch of server infra for email and calendar, so why not add VPN?

If you look at their product stack, it reads like a set of alternatives to gsuite. Here are some less obvious ones:

Pass - alternative to Google single sign-on
Wallet - crypto alternative to Google Wallet
VPN - Google One VPN

If they follow this trend, they'll make privacy-friendly alternatives to Meet and Gemini (Scribe AI?). Maybe eventually they'll build/integrate an office suite to compete with Docs and Sheets (maybe OnlyOffice or Collabora).

They want to be privacy-friendly Google, building replacements for anything that can be self-sufficient (i.e. can be sold at a profit).

[-] sem 1 points 3 months ago

Their brand has been privacy-focused alternatives to the most important parts of online life.

Email / identity
Passwords
VPN
Calendar, etc

Now with their crypto and ai products it feels like they're not focusing on regular users any more.

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