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Alright, y'all were right, fuck Proton. This was the last straw for me. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 days ago by AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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For context, in my password manager I had tried formatting some of my entrees so that it would contain the usual username and password, but instead of creating whole new entrees for the security questions for the same account, I just added additional fields in the same entree in order to keep things a little more tidy.

I was not expecting that doing so would result in later being shaken down by Proton to pay even more money just to access the same few bytes of fucking text I had trusted them with. This is sleazy as fuck and I am dropping these idiots entirely.

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[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

??? I use Proton mail and I never saw something like this. Account with nick, other mail, password and go.

[–] AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's in Proton Pass. When you create an account entree, there is an option to create additional fields that you can name and fill out, kind of like multiple notes in one file. Somehow I was able to create those fields on my account just fine, but then to be given access to that data it turned out that I had to upgrade my account. In other words they duped me into entering data at no extra cost, but then charged me to access that same data later on.

[–] brooke592@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

That's scummy as fuck.

I guarantee they do that on purpose just like all other scams that make you invest your time before telling you you need to pay.

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't use it. Mail is fine, I don't need other than this. For all other apps, there are tons of FOSS alternatives out there.

[–] mulcahey@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Bitwarden FTW