I’m getting Proton Unlimited at around 70$ per year because of my region. The cost is still significant but it feels worth it since a lot of their products seem perfectly suitable for me.
Mail - I use Proton Mail and am thinking of switching to it full time. The apps are better than Tutanota imo and since my government has started scanning emails of all citizens, I’d rather get an encrypted mailbox.
Simplelogin - Custom aliases for everything integrated with Proton Pass is super convenient. I can create aliases on the fly and this is included with the Unlimited plan.
Proton Pass - I have been using Bitwarden for years and I’m very happy with that. But with the new Private Equity CEO, I’m not confident about it’s future. Proton Pass is also integrated with Simplelogin.
Drive - I want to switch from Google drive but this sucks afaik. I tried Photo backup and it just doesn’t work. Proton Drive should only be used as an off-site backup for your NAS. I can’t switch from Google Drive/Photos under my current budget. Ente is way superior but costs 4X the cost of Google due to their storage plan pricing.
Auth - I’ll stick with Ente Auth for now. It works perfectly fine for me.
VPN - This is a nice add on. I personally don’t use a VPN but I think I probably should.
Now coming to the downsides,
I know that Proton is dodgy but I don’t think it’s anywhere on the level of Google or Microslop.
There have been cases where Proton Unlimited Accounts were deleted by Proton without proper justification. I don’t remember the context but it’s a major drawback.
I shouldn’t put all my eggs in one basket but basket is pretty close to what I want so Idk.
Please help me decide on what to do. Thanks.
Proton is CIA
I paid for Proton mostly so I could route multiple domains to the same email inbox and drop google. For personal use, it’s a great system and I highly recommend it.
The one caveat you should be aware of, is that they will still comply with law enforcement requests by sharing metadata, so keep this in mind if you are using it to organize. If you pay with a credit card, you are handing over personally identifiable information to them, that they will share with law enforcement when push comes to shove



