I’m in the process of getting rid of as much Google-related stuff as I can. Yesterday I already started with moving everything I had stored in Drive (backups and other stuff) to my Nextcloud and the like. Now I want to change my main email, the one I’m going to use for, my accounts here in the fediverse and so on. So I’m looking for alternatives.
At the moment, apart from Gmail, I also have an Outlook (from when it was hotmail), a Proton account (though in view of their CEO’s recent statements I may not keep it) and a new one on Disroot.
Which of the aforementioned services works best for a normie not well versed in cybersecurity like me?
Do you know of any alternatives I’m not aware of (I’ve heard of Tuta, but nothing else)?
I’ve used posteo for years now. It’s a small cost and never have any issues with it.
Tuta is fine, but very basic.
The stuff with Proton… It depends on what you need. Just an alternative to degoogle your life, it’ll work for now, but they may slide into a more pro Broligarchy stance in years to come. For some people, they’re still a little too invasive for what they want.
Email is inherently insecure, so its best to lock down a few and just fluidly transition around as you need.
I’m in the process of switching all my stuff to Migadu, you need your own domain though
migadu seems very cool, especially with that pricing, but i’m kinda concerned about the mail limits.
Edit: Seems like they’re soft limits, looks like i might be moving to migadu
Btw if you’re a student, shoot them an email and you can get a nice discount!
Idk, just thought it was worth mentioning cause it’s not like Proton or Tuta where they have yourname@proton.me or whatever
Oh I was just making a light-hearted joke about the demographic here, it’s definitely still good info to include.
Care to hand down one? I only have free domains, like stuff that ends with cr.hf or whatever
I am using Tuta and am very happy with it. I like the feature where you can send encrypted Mails to anyone and they’re unlocked via a password (i dont know if others have it). Important for me at least is, that they’re based in germany.
Honestly, I was going to say Tuta, but seeing how proton changed, I would now add the option of self hosting.
I am unsure how difficult or easy it is, but it’s becoming a very viable option now.
Fair warning: it’s likely that your ISP will block attempts at self-hosting a mail server at home.
