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How to get ProtonMail on FDroid? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 months ago by Scolding0513@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I used to get Proton Mail from the IzzyOnDroid Fdroid repo. But now it's not in his repo anymore. Afaik this was mirroring the github release of Proton Mail at Proton's Github account

Why is Izzy not hosting the apk anymore?? Is there another F-Droid repo that is mirroring this?

And no don't tell me to use Obtanium, i don't wanna use yet another app updater.

Also I want to say that Proton's absolute refusal to put their apps on a non-Google platform despite their non-stop blog posts of how evil Google is, is downright HILARIOUS at this point 😂🤣

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[–] DARbarian@kbin.run 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

I believe Proton Pass and Proton VPN are both on F-Droid

[–] Scolding0513@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

yeah they are. but i dont know if those were actually pushed to be in fdroid by proton themselves.

but it doesnt matter really. Mail is by far their flagship product and they refuse to direct people to anyone but people, and maybe github if you find the right page, which someone did link, but obviously is extremely inconvenient.

also proton refuse to release a build that isn't injected with google depedencies. ew.

[–] paradox2011@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Sounds like you're ready for a different email service 😉

[–] Scolding0513@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I don't like Proton but they are the lesser of the evils, especially legally, and offers me the most features that I want and like.

[–] paradox2011@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I hear you there. I'm still using their email somewhat, but am transitioning away from it. I do lean on protonvpn as well, haven't found another trustworthy free service that I can use for those few times a month I need to be on some public WiFi.

[–] Scolding0513@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

mullvad is 5$ a month

[–] paradox2011@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

They seem like a great company, If I ever did move to a paid service I would probably go Mullvad or IVPN, but I just can't bring myself to sign up for the $5 monthly with how infrequently I need it.

[–] DARbarian@kbin.run 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What email provider are you moving to?

[–] paradox2011@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago

Tuta is where I'm at for now. They have stricter privacy than proton and are much more active in their app development. They have an Fdroid release for android and a desktop app for Linux which make life pretty nice.

I have had some connectivity issues with their servers lately though, especially on desktop. I don't know if it's my DNS setup or if it is unreliability on the server end. In any case it hasnt been too bad.

[–] EunieIsTheBus@feddit.de 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like the same issues as with Signal

[–] Scolding0513@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

yep, a service i trust very little