Proton mail has been in a rampage with sponsor YouTube channels and, in my opinion, that is a mistake. I would have kept it an organic growth, but that is me… a nobody, and Proton has become far more successful than no other email provider in the privacy world.
Considering even that, Proton is not vetting who is sponsoring. This is a fiasco. For instance they try to sponsor the channel “The hated one” that never takes any sponsors and even constantly criticizes channels that does it. That is a mayor blunder for Proton, there is no scrutiny at all with their marketing deployment. By the way, we learned that that youtubers get a juicy amount by Proton in these sponsorships (I think was $70 per subscription).
Proton, for years, has been aiming for the masses, not the most serious in privacy (for instance, androidś Proton email still uses Google push services). That is not bad per se, I still recommend Proton to many. But those with a more ideological approach to privacy or those requiring top notch on it, should be aiming for other service providers.
I think this is a very balanced opinion. I do like the services they offer, but they seem to step in it far too often and people are quick to swarm when they do. Here’s hoping that this incident will cause some serious reflection within the company to reevaluate their approach. Maybe going back to the organic growth or self-promoting in key areas.
Three things on Proton:
Proton mail has been in a rampage with sponsor YouTube channels and, in my opinion, that is a mistake. I would have kept it an organic growth, but that is me… a nobody, and Proton has become far more successful than no other email provider in the privacy world.
Considering even that, Proton is not vetting who is sponsoring. This is a fiasco. For instance they try to sponsor the channel “The hated one” that never takes any sponsors and even constantly criticizes channels that does it. That is a mayor blunder for Proton, there is no scrutiny at all with their marketing deployment. By the way, we learned that that youtubers get a juicy amount by Proton in these sponsorships (I think was $70 per subscription).
Proton, for years, has been aiming for the masses, not the most serious in privacy (for instance, androidś Proton email still uses Google push services). That is not bad per se, I still recommend Proton to many. But those with a more ideological approach to privacy or those requiring top notch on it, should be aiming for other service providers.
For push notifications I don’t think you have practical alternatives to FCM and APNs.
I think this is a very balanced opinion. I do like the services they offer, but they seem to step in it far too often and people are quick to swarm when they do. Here’s hoping that this incident will cause some serious reflection within the company to reevaluate their approach. Maybe going back to the organic growth or self-promoting in key areas.
Considering what the Proton guy has said about MAGA I imagine these are on purpose.
Honeypot behavior, don’t you think? We are suppose to be trusting them, but this is what they do?
controlled opposition