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[–] Perspectivist@feddit.uk 10 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (2 children)

Judging based on what I'm actually paying for myself I'd say Mullvad VPN, Protonmail and a nameless AI assistant.

Edit: I forgot I've got a website too, so hosting of that is another one.

[–] thatsnothowyoudoit@lemmy.ca 8 points 14 hours ago

Mullvad is stellar. I’ve been a user for years and it’s never let me down.

I strongly disagree on proton mail. If you use a custom domain with a catchall it’s absolute trash. Also possibly the worst email search ever. Don’t even get me started on the proton bridge.

I lasted a few months (about 8) and then switched to fastmail. Worlds apart.

[–] WaxRhetorical@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

I'm curious, since you're already on Protonmail, why not use their VPN too?

[–] hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world 4 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe too many eggs in one basket

[–] Perspectivist@feddit.uk 1 points 14 hours ago

Yeah, that would be the reason I wouldn't switch now but it's not why I didn't go with ProtonVPN in the first place.

[–] Perspectivist@feddit.uk 4 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

For no particular reason really. I don't think Proton was offering a VPN service when I switched to their email so I used few different ones and eventually landed on Mullvad and have just stuck with it since.

[–] WaxRhetorical@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago

Fair enough, thanks for the response