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Private Mail with good mobile apps (piefed.social)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by hellerphant@piefed.social to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Hey folks! I’ve been on a quest to degoogle and get more privacy in my life. I want to strike a good balance between privacy and usability, so while the most hardened apps out there might be best for privacy, maybe they are not great for usability.

My first step is a good mail and calendar provider with a good iOS experience. I’m using proton right now, but I’ve had issues with mail and calendar on mobile. Calendar has been slow and just not great to use. Mail is mostly okay but often I will delete mail and it will take ages for it to actually leave my inbox and it just feels unresponsive.

In the calendar app I need to be able to view a Google calendar. My work schedule is all in a Google workspace for my job and I need to at least see it for when I’m scheduling my personal stuff. I understand I most likely cannot create or edit events on it from a private app, but seeing it is a must.

Any good recommendations out there, or am I already just ok at Proton and I need to overlook what feels to me a subpar mobile experience?

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[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 days ago (7 children)

Tuta’s catching up but they’re still years behind.

behind how? in service offerings?

[–] alpha1beta@piefed.social -2 points 3 days ago (6 children)

I would say in design and usability but yes, services too. Tuta has mail and calendar and started a basic drive app that's internal alpha stage. Proton has Simplelogin, drive, VPN, Meet, Docs, Sheets, Pass (Which is truly awesome), Lumo AI (Meh) and Wallet.

Tuta feels very unpolished. Like the half backed internal apps I build for myself or coworkers when I don't have to release it to the public. Nothing is refined.

I pay for both.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

i started de-googling w proton w the intention of paying them like i did with my data w google for the last 25 years until the ceo voiced trump support.

google lured me in with "don't be evil" at the onset of my walled garden imprisonment and any pro-trump message is several magnitudes worse for a new start.

i'm disappointed to learn that tuta isn't ready, but i not aware of any alternatives.

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

tuta's mail app and calendar are alright for daily use. I use proton to write to people on proton so it stays encrypted but apart from that tuta is as "ready" as proton + tuta doesn't have miscalculated "tweets" in their history

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