Remove dependance on google play services
Protonmail android app is dependent on google play services and that is obviously against privacy and security.
Users who removed/disable google play services or used vanilla "lineageos" without gapps cannot get the mail client work properly.
Google play services collect every possible piece of info about the user; location, body sensors, application usage, and every other possible thing. So telling the use to enable/install google services you compromise his privacy and security by 3rd party app which is clearly against the idea if Protomail.
I hope you can correct this and have no dependence on google at all.
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Proton ForAll
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This is extremely critical - Please continue towards self-reliance as your business model.
Full F-Droid support for all Proton applications Android users, Basic IOS support i.e., ProtonMail, VPN and Calendar (At least have a two way sync calendar.)
With these BARE minimum requirements you will retain life long Paid Proton user(s); I should not speak for others; that will encourage others around to pursue the same, while not being the product. -
Ryan Baker
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I couldn’t Agree more! I came here to remove myself and family from corporate Google..
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BoredBirdy
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Honestly, I've used Google for over a decade and had them lose files from Google Drive, send me through toll booths despite me clarifying otherwise (up to six times in one drive!) with Google Maps... If I wanted Google Mail, why would I want to utilize Google services on another provider? I was honestly thinking about giving ProtonMail money for my household to get good email addresses, but now I'm thinking otherwise... Everyone talks about their security, but you can't put all your eggs in one nest and expect to count them the same in the future..! The bigger you are, the more people target you. Nevermind that utilizing your competition leaves you vulnerable if they decide to try and make a morally unacceptable manuever. I cannot express enough how disappointed I am to look around, specifically for Google free alternatives, just to find out they still use Google...
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Anonymous
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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.
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spacegoat
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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.
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Derek
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What does it mean? Proton using Google services?! What a fuck?!
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Anonymous
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What does it mean? Proton using Google services?! What a fuck?!
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Anonymous
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Will it be any changes?
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Anonymous
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That’s really sucks.
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Guver
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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?
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Iruna
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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?
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Anonymous
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Stop the evil! Remove google!!
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Anonymous
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Get rid of Google!!!!
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Anonymous
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Fuck Google! Toss it away!!!
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Anonymous
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They are using Google? So it is no privacy here…
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Anonymous
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Really dumb choice. They shouldn’t use anything from companies like Google. It is evil corporations.
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Anonymous
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Totally agree. It mustn’t be any Google in privacy services.
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Alan
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Yeah. They must get rid of Google.
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Nani
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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 . -
Mioto
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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.