Need to let loose a primal scream without collecting footnotes first? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid: Welcome to the Stubsack, your first port of call for learning fresh Awful youāll near-instantly regret.
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If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cutānāpaste it into its own post ā thereās no quota for posting and the bar really isnāt that high.
The post Xitter web has spawned soo many āesotericā right wing freaks, but thereās no appropriate sneer-space for them. Iām talking redscare-ish, reality challenged āculture criticsā who write about everything but understand nothing. Iām talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. Theyāre inescapable at this point, yet I donāt see them mocked (as much as they should be)
Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldnāt be surgeons because they didnāt believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I canāt escape them, I would love to sneer at them.
(Semi-obligatory thanks to @dgerard for starting this.)
I was in the exact same boat til recently, but switching off of Proton was actually surprisingly easy even though I had it tied into a bunch of accounts and infrastructure. I actually ended up saving a lot of money compared with Proton Unlimited, and itās a relief to not have all my eggs in one basket, especially since stuff like Protonās no logs policy is effectively worthless, and if youāre a whistleblower or similar youāre expected to use a VPN or Tor to access your mail every time to keep from being arrestedā¦ but most likely your VPN (and possibly Tor client) is Proton too if youāre paying for it, with the same worthless no logs policy.
some quick recommendations:
tuta does both of these. their mail is e2e and fine ā itās jankier than proton but also less resource-intensive. itās also the only other choice for now :(
I havenāt used their calendar yet, but from a distance it looks good. I should give it a shot sometime soon.
this depends on what youāre using your VPN for. actual security? fucked if I know. high bandwidth fuckery? airvpn is pretty good and theyāll let you allocate ports.
tutaās getting this soon apparently. otherwise, I can second Backblaze being very reasonably priced if you donāt mind having to choose and set up your own e2e software.
Thanks for the suggestions! VPN is mostly to tell my ISP to fuck off. Tuta sounds cool but I am worried about it enshittifying as well. I am relieved to hear that switching from Proton was easy.