Proton Brings Updates to Its Drive App and Docs, but Keeps Linux Users Waiting
Proton Brings Updates to Its Drive App and Docs, but Keeps Linux Users Waiting
Great pick by @realDonaldTrump . 10 years ago, Republicans were the party of big business and Dems stood for the little guys, but today the tables have completely turned. People forget that the current antitrust actions against Big Tech were started under the first Trump admin.
Andy Yen, Proton CEO, on X
Interesting read to get some perspective on this.
I thought it was disappointing and unnecessary for Andy to say anything at all about this, and especially in support of any of the actions of the Trump admin, but I have personally decided to let it slide. That article is one of the reasons. But I still don't think it is ideal.
To me, the point is less about him being MAGA and more about him alienating a massive portion of his userbase and then completely botching the PR response by doubling down and failing to apologize or seemingly even understand why what he said matters to people.
Also his either inability to understand that Gail Slater sucks complete ass or his refusal to understand that fact. A leader in privacy should not be praising someone like her and celebrating the departure of Lina Khan. The discussion about whether it's incompetence or maliciousness is less important to me.
but where's the Proton Drive application for Linux!? ... I sincerely hope Proton is working on it
It appears the author didn't read the blog posts they linked:
"Over the next few months, we’ll enhance the app further by adding more new features and releasing the Software Development Kit (SDK) that the new macOS app is based on, which we anticipate will serve as the basis for a highly requested Linux app."
It sounds like they haven't even started. Hopefully the SDK covers most of the functionality and the Linux app is minimal additional effort.
This bothers me more than it should.
Shoddy writeups quickly inject reference links just to make their page look more trustworthy and SEO-friendly, while also not actually READING the links they add.
Kept me waiting long enough that I’m no longer a Proton user. Selfhosted Nextcloud goes weeeeeeeeee
It's a bit of a joke to have a supposed privacy company and then not have any support for Linux
And to repeatedly fail to update their github with the latest source code for their mobile apps, and to not have their apps on f-droid, and to not support notifications of any kind on a degoogled android OS, and to not support monero payments, and to add a Zoom button to everyone's calendar by default with no disclaimer about using Zoom, and to limit custom domain aliases.
and to not support notifications
Not supporting UnifiedPush is also another hilarious oversight.
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Not really, it doesn't make business sense to support 2% market share.
Definitely a joke to have a European privacy company that supports republicans and nazis.
The people concerned this much with privacy are certainly less than 2%. They're already in a niche market for the purpose of privacy. Not that much of a leap to support Linux (which by the way is likely higher than 2% of their user base.)
it doesn't make business sense to support 2% market share.
It makes sense if you expect anyone to believe you support privacy.
Alternatives exist.
Just joined tuta a week ago from jumping ship out of Proton. They had a pretty nice sale going on.
None of these provide Docs and Drive services.
And none of these will stick it to you on multiple fronts if it ever comes down to it.
You want safety, diversify. You want convenience, go all in.
