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• pentagrammar@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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  • HKayn@dormi.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There are separate mail and VPN plans. What are you upset about?

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• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Eh, having a more complete package is how you defeat Gmail. People don’t use Gmail because Gmail rocks, they use it because of all the other crap it comes with, like Google Drive and Calendar. So at a minimum, they should provide those with their email. But a lot of customers want VPN, and they already have a bunch of server infra for email and calendar, so why not add VPN?

  If you look at their product stack, it reads like a set of alternatives to gsuite. Here are some less obvious ones:

  • Pass - alternative to Google single sign-on
  • Wallet - crypto alternative to Google Wallet
  • VPN - Google One VPN

  If they follow this trend, they’ll make privacy-friendly alternatives to Meet and Gemini (Scribe AI?). Maybe eventually they’ll build/integrate an office suite to compete with Docs and Sheets (maybe OnlyOffice or Collabora).

  They want to be privacy-friendly Google, building replacements for anything that can be self-sufficient (i.e. can be sold at a profit).

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  • sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Their brand has been privacy-focused alternatives to the most important parts of online life.

    • Email / identity
    • Passwords
    • VPN
    • Calendar, etc

    Now with their crypto and ai products it feels like they’re not focusing on regular users any more.

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• HKayn@dormi.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Proton would be absolutely awesome if it stuck to it’s “We’re better than GMail” plan and provided stellar email and calendar.

  You’re saying that like those have now gotten worse than they were before.

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