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Since ditching Proton for Tuta and Mailbox...I haven't missed anything and I'm saving money.
I got a proton vpn subscription a while ago and they upgraded me to unlimited for the same price. So I think I'm paying like $6.25/month for an unlimited plan. I feel like it's too good to leave. If I do tuta's plan that's $3, then another $4 for simplelogin, and $5 for mullvad. So that's $12 a month if I leave my plan.
I get it, and please, you do you. There's no issue.
I'd just add that I can save money using Amazon, but I try to avoid it when I can. I'll pay a little extra when I can, for the greater good.
You have two email addresses in both Tuta and Mailbox? Any particular reason for that, that you could share with us? 🙏
I have two domains, one in each of Tuta and Mailbox. It was originally so I could try both out, but now I figure it doesn't hurt to keep 'em separated. I'm still new to non-proton so I am sort of still feeling things out.
Nothing really too interesting or tricky about it, just bred out of curiosity.
Ah I see. So now to the possibly tough question, if you had to choose only one, or recommend only one of them to someone who wants to make a minimal amount of new email addresses, which one would you recommend over the other? 😅 Or maybe a third option?
I think I'd need some more time to really answer, but on the outset, I find Mailbox.org's interface more intuitive with more settings and generally feels cleaner and more streamlined. Creating aliases and domain aliases in mailbox seems more proton-like in its simplicity.
Tuta I think is more private and secure, but bits of their interface and app need polish. One reason I think Tuta is more secure despite them both touting security and privacy is that Mailbox search works immediately, whereas Tuta requires you to agree to a permission and states it stores everything locally to you so it may take up space. I think Tuta isn't doing any server-side indexing of any kind? Unsure.
edit: Mailbox doesn't have a native app, and Tuta has a native app but I think it's largely a webview. Notifications work OK but you'll click on a notification and then have to wait for the app to actually connect and resync before you can view it.