A while back I started on this journey, and as most people did, I’ve had my ups and downs and went through the learning curve, I’ve now reached the point of so much knowledge that I truly know, I dont know shit. People of Lemmy I come to you today because idk what to do, I recently made a free account with proton, their subscription is fairly cheap so idm paying the monthly tier of 15GB so I can have control over ending it whenever I please instead of being locked in for a year. Now, I heard about Tuta but never dived much into it, i know Proton has had its controversies (Don’t be shy of reminding me of what they were), but what are my options here truly for a proper FOSS email provider? I can negate the free part for a reasonable price, but truly private AND secure is a must.
Self Hosting isn’t an option yet for personal reasons unless it’s completely free.
I’ve kind of given up on the concept of email as a whole. Nobody emails anymore. Nobody in my family uses email, I’ve never had a friend who emails me, I’m the weirdo for asking for an email address so I can email you a calendar invite because I’m a weirdo for using the calendar…
Maybe it’s just been my experience but does anyone actually use email? And if so what about everyone else’s security?
Nearly every account one can make requires email. You may not use email for communication but you do use email.