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Cake day: June 9th, 2023

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  • It’s unlikely but not impossible. I’ve been using PM with a custom domain for about five years now, and never thought too hard about leaving.

    In an ideal world, a company like ProtonMail would be cooperatively owned by the workers and paying users, sort of like a credit union.

    Pragmatically, they’ve done fine stewardship of the service for the last decade or so they’ve been around. A big part of it is that their value proposition depends on stability and trust. But it could be better.



  • In my opinion it points to a more dangerous thing, “continuous delivery” software mindset seeping into safety critical systems.

    It’s fine, good even, that web developers can push updates to “prod” in minutes. But imagine if some dork could push largely untested control system updates to your car’s ECU… it’s one thing for a website site to get a couple errors, but it’s a very bad thing if it makes your steering wheel stop working.

    Unfinished products make more money, and it’s high time a consumer protection law clamped down on this.