What’s the point of proton mail? You don’t own the keys, you are stuck with their app because they don’t support open protocols, they basically lock you in because of no open protocols, and it’s run by a fascist asshole. Basically any mail provider with encryption on arrival with your own public key is a better alternative.
Most emails will arrive unencrypted on proton and will leave unencrypted.
Lots of mail providers support GPG encrypting emails on arrival which is functionally the same as what proton does, with the exception their software never sees your private key.
And with open protocols you can make also send encrypted emails if both sides care about it.
What’s the point of proton mail? You don’t own the keys, you are stuck with their app because they don’t support open protocols, they basically lock you in because of no open protocols, and it’s run by a fascist asshole. Basically any mail provider with encryption on arrival with your own public key is a better alternative.
Is it better than gmail?
You can have open protocols or you can have encryption. You can’t have both. Or alternatively you can use the mail bridge they provide.
Most emails will arrive unencrypted on proton and will leave unencrypted.
Lots of mail providers support GPG encrypting emails on arrival which is functionally the same as what proton does, with the exception their software never sees your private key.
And with open protocols you can make also send encrypted emails if both sides care about it.