I’ve been using Proton mail for almost a year now. For the most part, it has been great. I’ve thrown myself into the Proton ecosystem, using Pass, Calendar, and of course, Email. I also had tentative plans to move my VPN needs to Proton instead of re-upping Mullvad in the fall. On one hand, the ecosystem is fantastic. It all works well together, and does almost all the things I want it to do.
I’ve been using Thunderbird with the Proton bridge for years with zero issues. I’m not sure what issues the author has had with it.
Isn’t the bridge an exclusive paid system?
Yes, you have to be on a paid plan to use the bridge. I wouldn’t call it “exclusive”, because anyone can sign up for a paid plan. But that isn’t the problem the author mentioned. He said the bridge was finicky, which I haven’t experienced at all.