Is this really what Proton users want to see?
I’ve had a Proton account for years, and here’s what I’m personally looking for.
Think of it as Proton’s answer to Dropbox, Google Drive, and Microsoft OneDrive.
Proton
Like all of Proton’s other services, your data is end-to-end encrypted.
While there are many cloud backup and syncing services, relatively few of them offer end-to-end encryption.
That means Proton Drive ranks as one of the only options I’m actually willing to consider.
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Encryption mitigates the risk.
Unfortunately, Proton Drive still isn’t a viable option for me.
While there is a desktop app that offers file-syncing, it’s only for Windows and macOS.
There’s anAndroid app, but photos are the only files it will automatically upload.
The rest you have to upload manually, which is the most tedious way to back up files.
On an iPhone, youback up photos to your iCloud account.
On an Android gear, this is typically Google Photos.
This has become the default way people back up their photos.
What is Proton’s answer to this?
It’s Proton Drive.
Unfortunately, the experience just doesn’t feel that similar.
Google Photos, it is not.
Fortunately, there’sEnte, an end-to-end encryped alternative to Google Photos and iCloud.
It offers all of the functionality you might expect from a Proton Photos-style service.
The problem is the reality that convincing people to sign up for another service can be a challenge.
Or Proton could acquire Ente like it has other projects with shared goals (SimpleLogincomes to mind).
It has all the functionality I need from a calendar app.
My biggest issue is that I’m stuck using either the web app or the mobile app.
I can’t use alternative clients of any kind.
If I could, I’d get upcoming events displayed right on my home screen above my apps.
4Contacts and Call Logs Syncing
Here’s a simple one.
Right now, Iexport my contacts manually into a VCF fileand keep a backup that way.
As with any manual backup, there’s the risk of my backup being outdated if an accident happens.
If Proton could also backup my call log, that’d be great, too.
It was a big necessary step in helping more people switch over from Google’s suite.
I like Proton’s implementation, which almost feels more like a distraction-free writing app than a word processor.
Yet Google Docs is only one component in Google’s online office suite.
Those feel like distractions, if not an outright shift in the wrong direction.
I’m a big fan of Proton.
It’s nice to see Proton roll out new options.
I may not use Proton Pass, for example, but I get the hole the service fills.
