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lemmyvore@feddit.nl 5 months agoProton is in the process of removing their PC bridge in favor of a custom app. After they’re done you won’t be able to migrate your email away from their service anymore.
Which is ironic, when people are trying to flee from Google. Out of the fire and into the frying pan…
cjf@feddit.uk 5 months ago
That’s a bold claim. Got a source for this move?
lemmyvore@feddit.nl 5 months ago
They’ve announced they’re trialing the custom app currently, after which they’ll discontinue the IMAP/SMTP bridge.
cjf@feddit.uk 5 months ago
I’ve just skimmed through the proton blog briefly and I couldn’t see anything referencing this. Do you have a link by chance?
lemmyvore@feddit.nl 5 months ago
It’s in restricted beta currently, only available to a small category of users, and still lacking features. They say it will launch early 2024 but it looks more like mid-year to me (at best).
Point is, it won’t happen very soon, but it will happen