i use both. Started to test them at the same time some years ago. If you're going to use their apps on mobile, there's no practical difference between them.
"recent fiasco" is reason enough to privilege tuta over proton
this post was submitted on 22 Jan 2025
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That's good to know. I started testing tuta too, besides the UI (protons was better) there was pretty much no difference at all. But the fiasco gives a +1 to tuta for me, so I guess I will switch.
Thanks!
What about Disroot?
I'm interested by it, and i've sent a registration to try it out. Now for the waiting game.
I have an account there. @[email protected], that could be a good option for you. https://disroot.org/en/services/email
Its a really good service, I like it a lot! (If only it were less slow though)
Its nice that its 100% FOSS and free, but the email (and the drive too) aren't E2E. There's a beta for mail encryption though, and I think I'll use cryptomator for cloud encryption. Thanks so much!
Interesting. So now i have disroot/tuta as choices. It's tough, that's for sure :)
I created on both platforms, I'll try them
Tuta was cheaper for me, but as I mentioned, they removed the 12€ plan, so if I had to choose now I don't know what I would take. Maybe Posteo, I don't need all the privacy features of Tuta and Proton.
I'm a cheap bastard, haha. My entire digital presence is completely built on free (as in beer, and mostly freedom) software. Free plans are pretty important to me, but pricing in general is meh. I was mainly focusing on features, privacy and benefits 😅
The features and benefits of "free stuff." Use whatever you want but paying for services can be good sometimes. If it's free, choose whatever you want.
but paying for services can be good sometimes
I agree but not everyone can pay 135 for email. i'm a broke student, i'd rather spend my money more wisely. Eventually when i get the money i will start spending on stuff like this.
Besides, proton's free plan is pretty good. I'm asking if tuta is better in general.
Eventually when i get the money i will start spending on stuff like this.
When I was a young and broke loser, I never paid.
Once I got a proper job and secure my finances, I started paying because I realized that when I was using the services that were free, some FOSS enjoyers with financial means paid to make them free for me.
So this is my turn to pay back. I prefer service that have a free tier for this reason.
Either way, people of limited means should not suffer and privacy is a universal right.
Never thought of it that way, thank you!
Tuta is 3 euros per month, Mailbox.org is 1 euro per month, Posteo is 1 euro per month, anything is way better than Proton with its Trump-friendly CEO.
1 Euro is ~4 riyals, so tuta would be 140 I think. I'm mainly interested in tuta, though
I agree that I'm disappointed by proton, but I'm hesitant with switching. I don't know if I would regret it, so I'm looking for benefits purely through features (even if subscriptions are needed)
I don't want to sound ignorant, I apologize if I do
You're not ignorant, and you don't need to apologize. I would stay away from Proton because of the political views of the CEO. They pretend to be a secure Swiss company but: 1. I don't think they are that secure because email can NEVER be secure, it's an old piece of shit protocol, and pretending otherwise is a lie (unless you use PGP but no one uses PGP except some secure companies), and 2. You don't lick the boots of any president outside of your own country.
I would advise you to get the email that you want to subscribe to in the future (so that you won't have to switch in the future), and try not to fill your inbox too much. I'm an "inbox zero" guy though so take that with a grain of salt. The content of my emails are stored in my NAS, put in a calendar, and/or sent to the trash. I hate emails a bit but I have to use them.
Most free accounts have the same features, you can also open an account on each provider anyway and see the one that you prefer. Anyway, Tuta seems OK, they changed their domain name recently and I guess they won't do that again in the near future.
Thanks. That security point is a good one, and I'm an inbox 0 guy too.
I think I will just dive head in, and see what happens. Thanks!