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This is so frustrating because I started degoogling exactly a year ago, and had finally managed to get completely free of Google mostly thanks to the proton ecosystem... But it took a whole year! I am just settling. I am a mom of two under-10yo boys in my forties. I don't have time for this shit. I thought I was gonna die a proton user. Fucking hell.
Sorry you're having to worry about this.
For what it is worth, I think you're still better off at Proton (where their AI idiocy could leak your private information) than at Gmail (where their user agreements seem to indicate they proactively sell it.)
Time to deproton
Unfortunately the best practice is likely to not let yourself get pulled into any ecosystem. Avoid having any single provider for multiple services, that way if one goes to shit you don't have to move everything.
Another bit is to have things run locally whenever you can. SyncThing works well to syncronize services between multiple devices, especially KeePass (local password manager) and Aegis (local 2FA).
This doesn't fix your current situation, but hopefully it helps you put together a new tech stack that's more resilient
Holy shit. I've spent more than a year and I'm a fucking nerd with no kids to worry about. Hats off to you lady.
Enshitification reaches all things. Even self hosted projects which are high quality.
Goal posts are always moving, incredibly frustrating. In a similar boat and I sympathize with you.
I had a giggle at this autocorrect
Fixed 🤣. Damn autocorrect!
Yeah I convinced my family to move off of Gmail and now here we are. 😭