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[-] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 40 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

They mentioned Lemmy, Peertube, Organic Maps, Friendica, /e/ os, Sailfish, Linux Mint, Codeberg, Ecosia, Librewolf, Waterfox, Mastodon, Matrix and Blender!

They have 100m users, this is a massive shoutout!

[-] Pirata@lemm.ee 17 points 3 days ago

All excellent recommendations too. Hats off to Proton!

[-] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 days ago

Itโ€™s good to see they still have it!

[-] NotForYourStereo@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

Recommending /e/ OS for privacy concerns?

Recommending Mastodon after they ditched it?

Coming from Proton, with a Trump supporter CEO?

This list is so unserious.

[-] Microw@lemm.ee 10 points 2 days ago

I think we can safely assume that this Blog post was not run by their ceo and simply created by someone at Proton who thought it was a good idea

[-] SexDwarf@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago
[-] Blaze@feddit.nl 7 points 2 days ago
[-] SexDwarf@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Thanks for letting me know!

[-] Lanske@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago
[-] fuzzy_feeling@programming.dev 2 points 3 days ago

take all my eggs out of one basket to put them all into another?

[-] borusa@feddit.uk 16 points 3 days ago

There are plenty of alternatives as stated in the article.

[-] fuzzy_feeling@programming.dev 3 points 3 days ago

but not for the services they are providing

[-] huppakee@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago

Are there any federated email providers then?

[-] gnufuu@infosec.pub 21 points 3 days ago

Email is a federated protocol.

[-] hoppygarden@feddit.org 1 points 3 days ago

at the host level yes, but not at the user level

[-] neons@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days ago

What is that even supposed to mean?

Yes it is, there are different people using email?

[-] hoppygarden@feddit.org 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

What I meant is: you cannot switch a specific email from one provider to another. Only option is for you to change your email address.

Compare that to say mobile phone numbers: there you have the option to keep your number when switching providers.

Portability of email is what's missing.

edit: typo

[-] brrt@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago

You totally can. Get your own domain and combine it with whichever email provider you like.

[-] hoppygarden@feddit.org 3 points 2 days ago

right, I forgot to mention this option. Indeed a possibility

it requies some technical knowledge and is not something many people do, probably less than 1%

compare that to phone number portability is available automatically to everyone (perhaps dependent on juristriction)

[-] brrt@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

Ok, I agree with that. But it doesnโ€™t work like that for other decentralized solutions either afaik. If you move from one instance in the Fediverse to another you will not retain your username@instance

So whatโ€™s the difference for the user?

[-] hoppygarden@feddit.org 1 points 2 days ago

it works similar, yes.

I just wanted to note that fediverse could be even more useful if it had the portability built in.

ps: for mobile it's called MNP : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_number_portability

[-] kcweller@feddit.nl 17 points 3 days ago

Email is THE federated system that is widespread in its use. Hosting a mail server at a host you trust or hosting it yourself has always been possible.

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