[–] 27 points 1 day ago (1 child)

I think what ultimately soured me on Proton was how much it seems like they want to be the new Google by offering a handful of products that lock you in the more you adopt. I dropped them because it seemed like the money I paid for a couple of services, email and vpn, were being used to create new products, not improving the products they currently offered. Obviously I'm biased because if I wanted the newer products, like their storage or 2fa offerings, I'd think it'd be pretty cool. But you know what made degoogling such a pain? That all of my eggs were in the Google basket. And now Proton seems to want everyone to put all of their eggs in their basket. So idk, opinions about AI aside, it seems like Proton's strategy is to offer more and more products at a faster pace than they were going, which was already kind of eh. And that's all before you get into the whole security side of rolling out new features and products without them being thoroughly run through their paces.

Idk I'm rambling, but it just seems like it's that meme from SpongeBob where he's in the krabby patty making contest against King Trident and SpongeBob makes the one perfect krabby patty while King Trident made a shit ton and they all pale in comparison.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    I've been using Kagi off and on for about 6 months and overall I've enjoyed the experience. That being said, while they have a way to browse anonymously/privately, it's hard to take their word for it when you have to sign in to use their product. I'll probably continue to use it, but if I really need some privacy, I'm just going to fire up that onion and wade through DDG results, which are still alright.

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