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If you’re in the EU this would probably fall under the 2 year guarantee required by law.
That’s one product, does that really justify OPs remark “After years of pushing their proprietary and closed solutions”?
Who are you quoting? And which proton solutions aren’t open source?
Even if you don’t mind your phone number getting leaked because it’s already out there I would recommend to switch away from a closed source software that requires your phone number for no good reason. Even if it’s just to send a signal that this is not ok.
I think what’s even worse than ads is many channels now require verification through a phone number if you want to write something. Not sure when that became a thing but I just recently ran into this roadblock and noped tf out.
Strongbox or in your case probably Strongbox Zero. Costs a pretty penny but well worth it in my book.
Some additions to the list you might consider:
Password Managers
Messengers:
Browsers:
When have more options become a bad thing?
This is the answer.
Your „free“ option just requires buying hardware that enables all of it and an intensive setup process and knowledge which might be quite time consuming.
It may be a good solution but it’s far from free for many people.
Scary in what context? For the user? For you as the host? Something else I’m not thinking of?