It feels like Proton is trying to build a solid Europe-based alternative to Microsoft 365, which is necessary but also very ambitious and expensive.

Proton’s pricing is really frustrating for me because I want to buy upgrades to only a few services like Pass and email. Your only option on their service is to select either Pass or Mail. You cannot buy both and you will be downgraded on one if you try to buy the other.

Doesn't Proton Unlimited have both?

> Fastmail is specialised in one.

Sadly untrue since they added calendar. However I'd would say the email service and support remain excellent regardless.

Email and calendar go together like bread and butter.

I wouldn't use one without the other, which is how they won my business.

Fair enough. I for one would have preferred FM put that effort into fixing issues I have with the email.

They really haven't improved Mail in a long time now. Still can't use your own keys, still can't have a clean unmangled export, still can't send using your own keys.

It's almost like Protonmail is intentionally hostile to key management outside of their control.