My grievances with Proton

banana:

Let me know what you think

Sorry, but I’m not seeing the issue. Proton is a business and it charges for its services.

banana:

It actually makes no mention of alias deactivation in case of a plan downgrade!

banana:

if you have gratuitously used your @pm.me or your aliases to sign up on various important websites, then if you decide to downgrade your plan to the Free plan, your aliases will be deactivated until you become a paying customer again

Their pricing plan and features are quite clear to me?

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I think I’m a little lost with what you’re proposing. Are you saying you think Proton should still provide an @pm.me address on downgrading to a free plan? That feature isn’t available in the free plan?

It might be best to find an alternative e-mail provider who can provide what you need? I can’t see where Proton have gone wrong here.