If you’re still using Proton mail:
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RE: https://nileane.fr/@nileane/116704285750838861
If you’re still using Proton mail:
The company is sponsoring the videos of French far-right / fascist YouTuber Vincent Lapierre.
If encryption is part of your vision for a better society, find a better service provider.
UPDATE 2026-06-08: Response from Proton. This comes after mods apparently deleted lots of critical posts in r/ProtonMail.
https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/1u05xs2/comment/oqgihvq/
@slothrop yeah, but at least they are european fascists and not those damn foreign ones.
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@slothrop yeah, but at least they are european fascists and not those damn foreign ones.
@s_d_brath not like we have to rely on imports for our fascism here in Europe
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@mzungu porkbun is what I keep seeing recommended for those moving away from Namecheap this weekend.
You might find more info in the talk of Namecheap's role in taking down #Neocities yesterday for no sensible reason.
What I picked up regarding porkbun from comments and Wikipedia is it moved from Florida (fascist state gov) to Oregon (complicated). Its company had originally held the .gay domain but released it to the public. (.gay was later picked up again by a registrar through legal mechanisms I know nothing about.)
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@mzungu porkbun is what I keep seeing recommended for those moving away from Namecheap this weekend.
You might find more info in the talk of Namecheap's role in taking down #Neocities yesterday for no sensible reason.
What I picked up regarding porkbun from comments and Wikipedia is it moved from Florida (fascist state gov) to Oregon (complicated). Its company had originally held the .gay domain but released it to the public. (.gay was later picked up again by a registrar through legal mechanisms I know nothing about.)
@shadowfals @mzungu @nileane @slothrop
I moved all my email to Migadu.com, who provide straightforward email management, full control of spam filtering and so forth, and no bullshit. Company is in Switzerland with servers in France.I use Porkbun for my domain registration because they, too, seemed quite straightforward and reasonably priced. Haven't heard anything bad about them yet (I mean, leaving Florida is always a plus, if you ask me).
I played with Proton for a bit as a possible password manager, but it just isn't as good as 1Password (nothing is, sadly), so I ditched it.
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RE: https://nileane.fr/@nileane/116704285750838861
If you’re still using Proton mail:
The company is sponsoring the videos of French far-right / fascist YouTuber Vincent Lapierre.
If encryption is part of your vision for a better society, find a better service provider.
UPDATE 2026-06-08: Response from Proton. This comes after mods apparently deleted lots of critical posts in r/ProtonMail.
https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/1u05xs2/comment/oqgihvq/
@slothrop Proton is not sponsoring this Vincent. They have a program that if you bring a new client you get a small amount. https://proton.me/partners
And the personal page this Vincent is referring to has been taken down. Check yourself https://proton.me/VincentLapierre
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Oh ffs. Is there a service provider who isn’t fash or fash adjacent? Idonly just managed to migrate away from gmail!
@tempusfelix
Same... Luckily I was only using the free tier.
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@alice @slothrop Yeah, unfortunately they had some bullshit around vocally supporting Trump and the christofascist GOP early last year. They got butthurt for getting called out on it and decided to "refocus [their] social media efforts" which meant slumbering their fediverse account.
I canceled my Proton Founder's subscription and moved over to @fastmail specifically because they supported more private domains. I've been very happy with the service.
The other recommendation I always see floating around is @Tutanota but they only documented 10 private domains when I was looking

@drsbaitso @alice @slothrop @fastmail @Tutanota did you cancel before the billing cycle expired? If so, did they do a partial refund? I still have 1.5 years paid for.
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@drsbaitso @alice @slothrop @fastmail @Tutanota did you cancel before the billing cycle expired? If so, did they do a partial refund? I still have 1.5 years paid for.
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RE: https://nileane.fr/@nileane/116704285750838861
If you’re still using Proton mail:
The company is sponsoring the videos of French far-right / fascist YouTuber Vincent Lapierre.
If encryption is part of your vision for a better society, find a better service provider.
UPDATE 2026-06-08: Response from Proton. This comes after mods apparently deleted lots of critical posts in r/ProtonMail.
https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/1u05xs2/comment/oqgihvq/
@slothrop @protonprivacy - WTAF?
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RE: https://nileane.fr/@nileane/116704285750838861
If you’re still using Proton mail:
The company is sponsoring the videos of French far-right / fascist YouTuber Vincent Lapierre.
If encryption is part of your vision for a better society, find a better service provider.
UPDATE 2026-06-08: Response from Proton. This comes after mods apparently deleted lots of critical posts in r/ProtonMail.
https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/1u05xs2/comment/oqgihvq/
@slothrop Is that true, @protonprivacy?
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RE: https://nileane.fr/@nileane/116704285750838861
If you’re still using Proton mail:
The company is sponsoring the videos of French far-right / fascist YouTuber Vincent Lapierre.
If encryption is part of your vision for a better society, find a better service provider.
UPDATE 2026-06-08: Response from Proton. This comes after mods apparently deleted lots of critical posts in r/ProtonMail.
https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/1u05xs2/comment/oqgihvq/
@slothrop @thelinuxEXP looks like Proton is up to its usual garbage again -
@slothrop Proton is not sponsoring this Vincent. They have a program that if you bring a new client you get a small amount. https://proton.me/partners
And the personal page this Vincent is referring to has been taken down. Check yourself https://proton.me/VincentLapierre
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@slothrop Anyone can sign up to be an affiliate as part of their partners program. Seems more plausible than a swiss email company taking the time to sponsor a far right youtuber? https://proton.me/partners/affiliates
We are resellers. They don’t make it easy to find the Workspace link, but you can do it this way.
Go here. https://go.getproton.me/aff_c?offer_id=50&aff_id=5239
That will take to a deal for Proton VPN.
On that page, scroll down to the section called “Choose a plan and protect your business.”
Click the option on the right for Workspace Standard. It will show the discounted rate of $12.99.They apologized to us — this deal is so new that the links aren’t totally set up yet.
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RE: https://nileane.fr/@nileane/116704285750838861
If you’re still using Proton mail:
The company is sponsoring the videos of French far-right / fascist YouTuber Vincent Lapierre.
If encryption is part of your vision for a better society, find a better service provider.
UPDATE 2026-06-08: Response from Proton. This comes after mods apparently deleted lots of critical posts in r/ProtonMail.
https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/1u05xs2/comment/oqgihvq/
A list of alternatives for those who're interested : It's old but updated often I think:
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@nileane fixed. Thanks!
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@Infoseepage @gatogatogato @slothrop
What are you talking about? His social media handle is andyyyen. Why is everyone on this thread spreading fake news? Do better.
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@Infoseepage @slothrop
To be fair I looked the guy up and he was born in 1988. I'm quite sure that there is no intended connection to the nazi meaning. -
@gotofritz @slothrop If that's the case, that's up to Proton to clarify. Because right now it's presented as a sponsor: the video has a sponsor segment, and Lapierre even thanks Proton for sponsoring him.
If he's lying, then Proton should state that he lied.
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