Yes, it's expensive compared with gmail or even fastmail but for those who are super-privacy conscious or already invested in the Proton ecosystem it's a discount at least.
More expensive than previous year's Black Friday sales as the VPN is bundled now, so the $39 USD (~$54 AUD)/1yr Plus without VPN may appeal more to some.
To add, ProtonCalendar has finally been released, albeit in beta, while ProtonDrive is still to come.
Referee gets 30 days free ProtonMail Plus.
Referrer gets 1-3 months free ProtonMail Plus once referee buys their own ProtonMail Plus plan (<12 months subs = 1 month, 12+ months = 3 months).
I can recommend a project named ungoogled-chromium if anyone is interested.
Iridium browser is also privacy-focused and multi-platform.
Their free plan is good enough for me
What is/isn’t included in the free plan?
ProtonMail Free
We created ProtonMail to bring encrypted email to everyone around the world. We know that some of the people who need our service the most will not be able to pay, so there will always be a free option. ProtonMail Free accounts enjoy the same level of security and ease-of-use as our premium offerings. The main differences and limitations are listed below.
Sending limit: 50 messages/hour and 150 messages/day
Labels limit: 3
Folders limit: 3
Storage: 500 MB
Custom domains: not supported
Additional addresses: not supported
Customer support: limited
Short email domain (@pm.me): receive messages only
Pricing: free!
That's my opinion too………..now if this was lifetime may consider.
Can't say what (if anything) is different, just a very basic emailer……….ah, well done NathW…. got in at very start of ProtonMail when they HAD double the space as part of the deal - happy.
For this price, it would probably be better to just self-host an email service using Mail-in-a-Box or mailcow on Vultr or DigitalOcean…
Personally, I wouldn't. Hosting your own can mean; regular maintenance, updates, security patching, rotating DKIM keys, managing your email filtering etc
Yeah I'm not sure email is something you really want to self host unless you have a super niche need.
On one side I agree with "no one wants to host and manage own email SERVER".
But having own domain and having ~10 mailboxes for family members makes it more complicated.
I am not making that much money so I can spend ~$50 for email service alone without blinking.
I haven't decided what to do.
Any reason the family can’t just use a free mail service? What are they doing that requires a paid service?
If it’s just for privacy, then something like the free ProtonMail may suffice.
Only paid service supports custom domain.
"Offer valid only for first-time paid subscriptions."
I'm already paying so unfortunately, no good for me.
Loyalty is dead.
I'm already paying so unfortunately, no good for me.
From there site
Are there any deals available if I already have a ProtonVPN Plus and a ProtonMail Plus plan?
If you are an existing paying user, you can upgrade to a ProtonMail Plus and ProtonVPN Plus bundle at a 47% discount on two-year subscriptions and also get free early access to ProtonDrive beta. To get the promotion, please log in at account.protonvpn.com and click on the Special Offer icon.
I grabbed a 2 year deal on the VPN 2 years ago and only want the VPN. This is starting to feel like Adode SaaS :( I was paying 4 euro a month now (which ends in 2 weeks) they want 7.93 a month winch gives me extra features I do not want or 6.93 if I want to keep using the VPN Plus deal. I htougnk I will just drop back to the basic deal for 3.93 a month. Not sure what's a better VPN, though I would like to change.
Oh my mistake, thanks for pointing that out as I couldn't see any special promotions on my account dashboard!
I can renew at 47% which is not quite as good as last year but definitely still beneficial to me.
Idk… r/Privacy did raise some concerns about ProtonMail, I would personally suggest Tutanota but just my 2c
Do share. I hope it's not that five eyes, NSA, CIA fud again.
Not OP but I believe its not so much Protonmail are the devil but more they don't use open source encryption…
Which is fair, but can be a large number of reasons for not doing so.
Open source encryption can mean a lot of things: open-source encryption library, open-source backend infra or non-patent encryption methods.
They do open-source their frontend, including web app and mobile clients. I'm sure they use open-source encryption library, it's just that their backend infra—as in how they use those libraries—is still proprietary.
It is $190 for the 2 year plan normally, or $180 for the special black friday deal. The 'sale' this year is weak.
The Black Friday deal has been extended by a fortnight, new expiry of 1700hrs 15 December 2020 according to countdown.
Seems there is an exchange rate trap for the unwary: you can pay in EUR (default), USD or CHF. Since paying in EUR ends up costing an extra AUD50 (and CHF an extra AUD27) for the 2-year plan, Aussies signing up should pick the USD option (as indicated in OP).
Thanks, great pick up.
hooray for privacy
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