EinatYahav@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoEncrypted email service Skiff gets acquired, will shut down in six monthsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1163arrow-down16
arrow-up1157arrow-down1external-linkEncrypted email service Skiff gets acquired, will shut down in six monthsarstechnica.comEinatYahav@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-squarerar@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoThey’re all trying to reinvent email by bolting something else on top likely an in-house implementation of whatever’s hot at the moment. However, the supposed benefits are completely gone once you’re exchanging mails with any other email host.
minus-squarePantherina@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoVendor lockin basically. Protonmail is doing something really bad in my eyes, in that they force you to use their app. That bridge works too, okay
They’re all trying to reinvent email by bolting something else on top likely an in-house implementation of whatever’s hot at the moment. However, the supposed benefits are completely gone once you’re exchanging mails with any other email host.
Vendor lockin basically. Protonmail is doing something really bad in my eyes, in that they force you to use their app. That bridge works too, okay