Protonmail is an independent email provider with no ads, instead using a traditional monthly subscription business model.
You can follow them at:
➡️ @protonmail
Their website is at https://protonmail.com
They also have Fedi accounts for their VPN service (@protonvpn) and Calendar service (@ProtonCalendar).
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@protonmail @ProtonCalendar @protonvpn @FediFollows I suggest avoiding #ProtonMail until they fix their #CAPTCHA problem. Protonmail is forcing people to solve an #hCAPTCHA. And worse, it's occasional, so users may only encounter the CAPTCHA after they've distributed their @protonmail address to others, at which point users are trapped.
@resist1984 @protonmail @ProtonCalendar @protonvpn
I've been using Protonmail for several years and have never seen a captcha. I have no memory of it happening even once.
I'm not denying it has happened to you, but it probably isn't as widespread as your wording implies?
I have a paid account, maybe this is something related to free accounts?
@FediFollows @protonvpn @ProtonCalendar @protonmail I've also not seen CAPTCHAs for yrs which is likely due to that fact that #Google charges a fee to use #reCAPTCHA. It was very recent (like less than a month) that #Protonmail switched to a CAPTCHA that /generates/ revenue for them (hCAPTCHA), so expect them to become more common. Certainly they've placed the CAPTCHA trigger in a position of high frequency (at login not on sending).
@resist1984 @protonvpn @ProtonCalendar @protonmail
Most of the comments in the github discussion (https://github.com/ProtonMail/WebClient/issues/242) are in favour of hcaptcha over recaptcha.
If there's a problem with hcaptcha and you have a better alternative they should use, please tell them about it in the git thread I have linked to.
Not a developer, but get the impression from quick read of the thread that there is a lack of viable alternatives.
Good alternative for captcha services - https://fosstodon.org/@blueberry/105781796845427965
From my experience with lemmy, it seems like a good alternative. Maybe @LemmyDev could give us more insight.
@futureisfoss @protonmail @ProtonCalendar @protonvpn @LemmyDev @FediFollows That's a decent alternative. I also suggest this article (& when reading it, mentally substitute "recaptcha" w/both recaptcha and hcaptcha): https://nearcyan.com/you-probably-dont-need-recaptcha/
