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Why do you say not the best move for Proton?
Mostly it's accusations of vibe coding a supposedly secure ecosystem. The Trump thing wasn't great, but I think it was largely blown out of proportion.
At the time I was looking for a Google replacement, which Proton kind of is. It's got mail, calendar, and a drive, all that stuff. Since then, I've learned or realized that I would prefer to be invested in individual services like mailbox.org, mullvad, keepass, etc. So that if one service fails, I can just divest myself from that individual service not an entire ecosystem.
I agree with the Trump thing kinda being blown out of proportion, but I haven't heard about the vibe coding part? I know there was one point where they used ChatGPT for something and were called out for the irony of it, but I don't think they are majorly vibe coded. Because everything is open source, and they routinely get audited, I trust them enough to use their products. I do agree however, that not having all your eggs in one basket is a better ideology from a security standpoint. From a convenience standpoint (and wife factor), I pay for everything Proton :P.
Their CEO tried to cozy up to Trump when he re-entered office
Ahh yes, I remember the whole controversy. I still think Proton as an ecosystem, and a product are still great for what they are, and for promoting privacy regardless of what Andy said using the official Proton account. (negative IQ play).
Regardless, GrapheneOS is still the staple in terms of limiting, or out right removing Google from your phone.