The hope is that this guide and website can act as a simple way to introduce newcomers - whether it’s you, friends or family - into this space and try something else besides the default options.
There is also a community-driven, open-source site ( https://purchasewithpurpose.eu/category/email/ ) that aims to make this even easier. This includes screenshots, ratings and a larger feature list.
I’ve also started tracking impact to help keep the momentum. If there are any other stats, please share them so I can add them to the guides and, eventually, the website.
As always, I more than welcome criticism and ideas!
I’ve been using Tuta, and while I like them as a company and for their privacy, it bothers me that I have to use their email client. It increases switching costs for me because I can’t use the same client as my previous as I switch. I also don’t like the client. I understand why they do it - to control privacy, but I don’t see why I shouldn’t have the choice and why for example using Thunderbird doesn’t still comply with that.
I don’t trust proton because of its right wing expressions. Infomaniak is (to my knowledge) not focusing on privacy.
I also switched to Tuta recently and wasn’t aware until just now that it doesn’t support IMAP because I hadn’t gotten around to trying to set it up yet. Having found that out, I completely agree with you. It’s true that supporting IMAP would be less secure, but it should be my choice as the customer (and yes, I am the customer because I’m not on the free tier) if I want to knowingly make that trade-off.