A while ago, when one of the Proton CEOs made some questionable statements, I terminated my Proton subscription. I liked Proton, having all the services I need in one place was nice and I wasn’t sure whether I’d actually leave and had a year already paid left.
I thought about at least leaving my mail there, but 4-5€ / month just for mail isn’t worth it in my opinion. And I’m very pissed that mail-forwarding and IMAP are premium features, something I probably should’ve found out way earlier. They want to lock me in, which is a dealbreaker for me.
So with that in mind, does someone know a fitting alternative? I’d of course still prefer a privacy-focused service and would be fine paying <= 2€.
€: Bonuspoints if there are no “special discounts” (discounts for commiting to a longer subscription are fine, what i mean is special deals for new customers or black friday deals, stuff like that)
€€: Going to give mailbox a shot, thanks everyone!
2,5€ for Mail + some storagespace seems like a great deal, thanks for the suggestion.
Can highly recommend mailbox.org, I’m very happy with their offering, and having a built in PGP Manager makes encryption very easy. As someone else has suggested, I use my own domain with then, and the whole process is really quick and easy. This also has the nice side effect of making your email address a lot shorter than it usually would be
I also use mailbox.org with my own domain. It’s nice that my family can also use the domain with the cheaper light accounts.
If you want encryption, they also support GPG encryption of incoming emails. As a bonus over Proton, you’ll be in full control of the key.