Signal, for example, uses Play Services for push notifications but has a fallback if they are not present on the device.

It is common for apps not to handle a lack of Google Play Services gracefully; however, please consider the demographic. I switched to a custom, privacy-respecting ROM around the same time I moved everything out of Google to Proton parallels. I'm sure plenty of people fleeing from Google to ProtonMail also sport play-services-free Android ROMs.

As is, I feel the need to constantly keep checking ProtonMail on my phone and occasionally miss important emails that come in only to find them much later. This feature really is a must-have.

9 comments from Anonymous users, and some duplicate comments from Anonymous and logged in users. All within a few hours. Nice attempt at uplifting your own post with fake accounts.

What does it mean? Proton using Google services?! What a fuck?!

What does it mean? Proton using Google services?! What a fuck?!

Will it be any changes?

That’s really sucks.

The new bottom every time. Today it is using Google. Yesterday it was new policy to delete inactive accounts. What the scrap will make proton team tomorrow?

The new bottom every time. Today it is using Google. Yesterday it was new policy to delete inactive accounts. What the scrap will make proton team tomorrow?

Stop the evil! Remove google!!

Get rid of Google!!!!

Fuck Google! Toss it away!!!

They are using Google? So it is no privacy here…

Really dumb choice. They shouldn’t use anything from companies like Google. It is evil corporations.

Totally agree. It mustn’t be any Google in privacy services.

Yeah. They must get rid of Google.

ProtonMail service is positioned as private and anonymous. But when you click on the contact button, it offers to import from Google evil corporation (screenshots: https://shorturl.at/loLNV https://shorturl.at/oxGO9) This action compromises the IP address of the evil corporation. Kindly remove this button from such a visible place or mark it with a sign warning of possible compromise of IP and other data. Also, I believe that any service that cares in any way about user privacy should sever all ties with evil corporation Google. This is not a good move by a company that values privacy and anonymity. Google is a huge hole in privacy and anonymity. Please unbind all of your services from the evil eye of Google's malicious organisation.

In particular, this applies to:
- Removing the malicious notification library from the Android app
- Removal of the Google contacts integration .

This is an important feature because relying on Google Play just for notifications is ludicrous and seems to go against the mission of Protonmail. Nevertheless, I am currently using the protonmail and calendar apps on an Android phone without Google services and it works perfectly except that I don't get notifications. Maybe this is a blessing in disguise.

I really like Protonmail, but this issue is very important. Proton's demographic is much more likely than the average Android user to be avoiding Google. If you guys implemented this, I would instantly upgrade my account to paid.

The fact that this has been talked about for years with no visible progress is concerning. Lots of other open-source apps have GSF-independent notifications; it shouldn't be too hard to take a look at what they're doing if you need some ideas.

This is a critical feature.

If google weren't a problem, nobody would need/want protonmail. We could all use gmail. Can't really build a credible alternative that focuses on privacy, yet still depend on google. And why is the app not on f-droid???