They’re open source, so for technical issues you can open an issue on GitHub

If you have a custom domain Tuta is way better than Proton. It’s unlimited addresses.

Yep. I also think having a dedicated screen is much better than opening a phone app all the time, especially when it comes to babysitting and traveling.

Yes, I use it and generally like it. Their app is a little buggy, but they have email support and accept bug reports on GitHub. This is helpful for finding out what other users are seeing. It’s a small dev team with frequent releases

I’m not sure what you mean. The “overhead” is putting your different logins into a password manager, no?

That’s correct. You get better export tools with Google compared to Proton. Because of this alone I’d recommend not storing your important data with Proton

Ukraine losing would be terrible for Trump. It makes him look weak and bad at foreign policy. Everyone knows that Russia invaded Ukraine unprovoked, and they’ll do it again

I understand your point and I support & contribute to FOSS. But I was specifically addressing the claim that Telegram reads all messages and sells them to the highest bidder. They don’t currently, unless someone can point me towards a credible source

China is pro-Palestinian, so it’s still directly related

I’ve used Telegram for years and never seen an ad. Their Privacy Policy says ads aren’t based on messages

Unlike other services, we don’t use your data for ad targeting or other commercial purposes. Telegram only stores the information it needs to function as a secure and feature-rich cloud service.

Telegram offers a tool for advertisers to promote their messages in public one-to-many channels, but these sponsored messages are based solely on the topic of the public channels in which they are shown. No user data is mined or analyzed to display ads or sponsored messages.

On the Orion forums their staff consistently bullies people around

socialist like platform having an audience. Which in my opinion is why they wanted to force a sell or just ban Tiktok.

This logic doesn’t follow. What does forcing a sale have to do with being “socialist like” ? TikTok has been diluted into a sales platform anyway.