Calvin Wankhede / Android Authority
Confidentiality seems to become a more important affair each year, because a growing number of people are not cool with their data becoming a commodity. Proton Mail claims to offer more privacy than Gmail – Unlike Google, even the Proton team cannot take a look at your reception box. As such, users concerned for confidentiality should want to flock to Proton Mail, right? We were interested in discovering it, so we questioned our readers.
For Android authorityCalvin Wankhede, it was not so simple. He tried to go from Gmail to Proton Mail for better intimacy, but found the compromises too frustrating. End -to -end encryption only works if the two parts use it, which is still relatively rare. The Android application also lacks standard features such as formatting and sweeping navigation. With only 1 GB of free storage and key features locked behind a paid wall, Calvin decided that it was not worth the worries. He is now back to the use of Gmail.
Calvin included our survey in his article, so let’s discover if you agree with him.
Do you use Proton Mail instead of Gmail?
The above graph suggests that you would accept more compromises than Calvin. About 73% of you have said that you would use Proton Mail instead of Gmail, with more than half of these people saying that they would even pay it. Less than 27% of you have said that you were satisfied with Gmail.
One really interesting thing about these results is that when one of the members of our team offers its opinion on a product or service, then adds a survey, our readers are rarely disagree in the overall response. It shows what a field button problem in 2025, and Google might want to take note of it.
Google might want to take note.
For a full context, we also included the survey in a more neutral article on the issue. However, in Calvin’s play, several people postponed the comments section. A recurring theme was the frustration of what readers considered as a misunderstanding of end -to -end encryption. Barry underlined: “You complain that the two parties need proton … so say [you use] Signal or WhatsApp ”, which also requires both parties to use the same application for encryption.
In Calvin’s defense, a significant difference is that you cannot send a WhatsApp signal or message to another email service, so you know that everything you send is to someone with the same encryption protocols. This is not the case with email.
Other commentators have highlighted practical reasons to stick to Proton. A user said that his Proton pack of $ 3.99 / month over 30 months had secured them for emails, VPN and cloud storage, which, according to him, was a “fairly competitive price”. Another has described the Proton suite as an intelligent commercial investment, in particular during the consolidation of several privacy services in a single subscription. However, some agreed with the conclusions of the article, quoting similar frustrations or limited use cases for encrypted emails.
