• WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works
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    6 days ago

    Why does an email service need a chatbot, even for business?

    they are not only an email service, for quite some time now

    There are about a bajillion of these, and one could host the same thing inside docker in like 10 minutes.

    sure, with a thousand or two dollars worth of equipment and then computer knowledge. Anyone could do it really. but even if not, why don’t they just rawdog deepseek? I don’t get it either

    …On the other hand, it has no access to email I think?

    that’s right. you can upload files though, or select some from your proton drive, and can do web search.

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      6 days ago

      sure, with a thousand or two dollars worth of equipment and then computer knowledge. Anyone could do it really. but even if not, why don’t they just rawdog deepseek? I don’t get it either

      What I mean is there are about 1000 different places to get 32B class models via Open Web UI with privacy guarantees.

      With mail, vpn, (and some of their other services?) they have a great software stack and cross integration to differentiate them, but this is literally a carbon copy of any Open Web UI service… There is nothing different other than the color scheme and system prompt.

      I’m not trying to sound condescending, but it really feels like a cloned “me too,” with the only value being the Proton brand and customer trust.