I just got access to Proton Wallet earlier today. Is there anything you’d like to know?
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Signed up for decent encrypted email and now I feel like Proton's only goal is to shove so much extra shit down my throat that they'll choke me to death- and apparently I'm the only subscriber completely uninterested in any of it.
I genuinely don't get why they made a Bitcoin wallet, but all of their other services are direct competitors to (and imo much better than) the Google suite apps and made it much easier to de-google my life
De-Googling is great, keep at that.
That said, Totally investing in a single other provider may not be the answer.
It's enough for me to know I'm not supporting Microsoft or Google.
Not going to work without full KYC/AML compliance. Which negates the whole point of using Proton to begin with.
Besides this wallet, what are you referring to with 'extra shit'?
Proton VPN, Proton Drive, Proton Pass, etc- none of these existed when I signed up but here they are. If anything I'd rather opt out of all the extra stuff for a discounted rate, but that'll never happen.
If you just want Mail, there's the Mail Plus plan, which is just the Mail (with a little bit of Drive for mail storage) and cheaper than the Unlimited plan. I see what you're saying though. I'd like more customisable plans too. I use Drive and Mail, but don't want the others and the Mail Plus plan doesn't have enough for Drive (for my usecase), so I have to shell out for Unlimited.
Do you ever use the VPN?
Already have a different provider, so no.
That's fair. It has worked very well for me. Pass has been good too. I would probably use Calendar if they put more work into it, but it's still missing quite a few features. Like others have mentioned, Wallet is a bit of a head-scratcher, but if it could compete with Apple/Google Wallet, I would try it out for sure.
To be fair, why not just drop the other provider and use Proton? Should be cheaper that way. I also didn't ask for any of this, and use email almost exclusively, but the VPN has come in handy a few times.