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  "path": "/t/my-grievances-with-proton/37526?page=5#post_87",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-03T09:43:34.000Z",
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  "textContent": "win11.shading291:\n\n> I’m having the same issue. From my understanding, there is unfortunately no good exit strategy with aliases.\n>\n> Either you use Proton, addy, duckduckgo, you’re essentially locked-in. I feel this is an issue with aliases in general, and not with Proton in this case.\n\nI think this is a relevant, bigger issue that privacy-minded people should be aware of. I see a lot of advice to use email aliases in privacy tools overviews, but not a lot of thought has yet gone into what happens if you can no longer pay for the service - how do you backtrack and ‘undo’ all those logins? I’m guessing the only way in OP’s case is to pay for an extra month and change account user names one service at a time.\n\nDespite some of the criticism towards OP here, and despite a narrow focus (Proton), I think it’s good OP has raised this issue. It needs to be considered in how we give privacy tools advice in general that the experience of paying for services is not the same as ZenByte says:\n\nZenByte:\n\n> Proton should do a better job communicating this, especially if they’re going to target existing Gmail etc users with their marketing. They should assume their target customers have no knowledge of these types of paid email shortcomings.\n\nI would add it’s not just Proton, but all paid privacy services. The onus is not only on those companies to give honest warnings, but it might also be worth considering adding appropriate caveats to the advice we give others regarding privacy tools.",
  "title": "My grievances with Proton"
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