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Proton AG and Standard Notes joined forces (proton.me)
submitted 5 months ago by Tami@startrek.website to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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Unfortunately for now there are not usable for me.

  • The 100MB storage limit feels ridiculous. ProtonMail offers 500MB basic with 1GB free upgrade, and ProtonDrive starts at 2GB up to 5GB free. It’s unclear why Standard Notes storage isn’t shared like these other Proton products.
  • Basic formatting tools like bold and italics are absent on free plan. What makes it different from notes in Proton Pass?
  • Jurisdictional troubles. It is not Swiss as Proton or SimpleLogin P.S: Their app looks like PWA (progressive web application) not as standalone app.
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[–] LWD@lemm.ee 16 points 5 months ago

Standard Notes has an unfortunate business model. Instead of charging for the convenience and security of syncing your stuff on your behalf (which is the model of Obsidian, Joplin, and Bitwarden), it wants to sell you a Markdown compatible note editor that

  • They didn't write
  • They don't maintain
  • Can just sit on your phone/PC

This isn't just true for their markdown editor. Most of their editors are wrappers for code that other people made, sometimes last updated years ago.

Fun trivia: Filen, the E2EE cloud storage service, actually implemented "notes" that include the rich text ones free of charge.

Personally I'm not a huge fan of the "everything under one roof" model regardless... You might pass up perfectly good services that cost less or are even free.

[–] UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

Woah, chill Proton. I know I started using it, but you didn't have to buy it for me. I like it tho. Very frequently updated app, lots of features.

[–] wagoner@infosec.pub 8 points 5 months ago

The deal was just announced, so I think it's unreasonable to expect shared storage on day one. It does seem a logical thing to do in time, though.

[–] governorkeagan@lemdro.id 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I've got a family plan with Proton so I'm interested to see how they implement Standard Notes into the plan.

[–] Rogers@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Standardnotes already has premium sharing where you can give someone premium but that account's file storage usage come from the original account's plan.

[–] utopiah@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 months ago

"100MB of note storage" is not the limit, it's what you get for free. If you write more than 100MB of text, can afford it and want to support this kind of work, as opposed to surveillance capitalism supported and fueling alternatives I would suggest considering paying for this kind of services.

[–] Cyberjin@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Nice, more free stuff included in my subscription

[–] Matt@lemdro.id 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)
  • free stuff
  • subscription

Pick one

[–] Cyberjin@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

I think of it as I bought something and they gave me something extra on the house.

Potato tomato as they say

[–] Scolding0513@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 months ago

i really hope they overhaul this piece of work and integrate it directly into Proton rather than just being a buy-out like SimpleLogin

it's funny because Proton developed its own in-house aliasing for ProtonPass even affer they bought SimpleLogin. Ridiculous.

[–] Niquarl@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

How do you get those free storage upgrades? Never seen that anywhere on the website before

[–] Broken@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

For proton? They've always offered more storage on a paid tier over free. Plus they give you additional storage every year you're subscribed.

[–] RedCheer@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 5 months ago

I still prefer Obsidian.

[–] firefly@neon.nightbulb.net 1 points 4 months ago

@Tami@startrek.website

Spend $30 per year on a VPS and you own your own encrypted cloud.