Android APK Download
English:
I'm using ProtonMail due to security concerns, and therefore I do not have Google Services installed on my device.
Please provide the ProtonMail Android APK as direct download on your homepage.
Deutsch:
Aus Privatsphäregründen nutze ich ProtonMail und habe deshalb auch keine Google Services auf meinem Gerät installiert.
Bitte stellt die Protonmail Android APK auch als direkten Download auf eurer Website bereit.
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souvik commented
lots of people dont have gapps including me. I use f-droid. and amazon if i really have to. Its terrible to find out that protonmail cant work without google. thanks for the link
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Dean commented
Thanks for posting the apk on apkmirror. I can confirm that the app seems to work without google play services running, but the app does nag me to enable it. I think I tried it a few months ago and was turned off by the nag to enable google play. I agree with many of the posters here in that any reliance on google services must go away if protonmail is to be taken seriously as a privacy-centric service.
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Ivan commented
I also do not have Google services on my phone for privacy reasons. It is astounding that protonmail exists to support privacy and does not already provide an alternative download channel for the apk. Even Amazon would be better than Google. Why not just put a link to the apk on your website?
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Anonymous commented
I can only reiterate others comments here, i have contributed financially to this project in the past and i'm considering paying for the service. Consequently it is disquieting to find no apk available.
It is because i value privacy that i have tried to banish every trace of Google from my CyanogenMod phone, equally I don't want to have to download the app from Amazon. I would be really grateful if you'd make the ProtonMail app available either on F-Droid or (better still) directly from the ProtonMail site. True, in the meantime I can check my mail through my mobile browser but it's not as convenient or secure as using the app. Also by making it available you can avoid the more gullible amongst us from downloading apk's from dodgy mirror sites. -
Private commented
I have the paid service, and it seems ridiculous that this is allegedly secure and encrypted, yet they still use GOOGLE PLAY the largest data, privacy invaders of them all??? makes me question the validity of the service??
the only way you should be able to access the app, is through apk directly from your site.
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Andrew commented