Cobalt is great, it's entirely web based and supports many websites. You can download both audio and video (if available).
And, FFS, make backups ;)
Here's a good tutorial for an easy to use backup solution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W30wzKVwCHo
Neighbor, it's definitely my neighbors
StartMail is owned by an advertising company, it's not a better choice whatsoever.
There is no "stealing from corporations"
It's as easy as that
Besides, what good are they when no one I'm communicating with uses encryption?
I'm talking about your email inbox being stored in an encrypted format on the provider's server. This is what Proton and Tuta do. They encrypt all incoming Emails with your PGP public key before storing them in your inbox.
What you are talking about is different, and it doesn't need to be supported by the provider. You can always manually encrypt outgoing messages, no matter which provider you use. These are not the same things though.
With services like Proton, this would most easily be done by making concessions to intelligence agencies.
I don't think that this would make sense for them. They would only get some short-term advantages, while putting their entire business at risk. Proton was founded right after the Snowden leaks. Their core idea is that user data needs to be protected from intelligence agencies, and I don't think that one CEO will just completely change this because of one presidential election.
A CEO isn't just "one bad apple".
I think you underestimate how many people are involved in companies the size of Proton. There's a whole board of directors that at any point can decide to get rid of the CEO.
I don't want to give any money to Trump supporters either, but I think many people are just being overly dramatic. I think this comment sums his political views up pretty well: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/15996243
Their absolute BS marketing. They claim to make you anonymous, which is impossible for a VPN provider. Never trust a service that claims such bullshit.
astrill (expensive but awesome)
Rule No. 1 when it comes to VPNs: NEVER trust a VPN service that claims to be anonymous. VPNs aren't anonymous. Only Tor is anonymous.
Whenever I share my proton email address with someone, it will signal to them that I frequent the Nazi bar
No. Most people won't ever hear this, the media don't really give a fuck. Google donated directly to Trump's inauguration fund, so by your logic everyone using Gmail would also be associated with this Trump Nazi bullshit. Fuck Trump, but your point doesn't really make sense here.
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