[–] -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes! That sucks.

From what I understand, that's their way to do e2e encryption between proton emails. They have this bridge thing, which unfortunately you can't use on free plans.

Proton Mail Bridge is a desktop application that runs in the background, encrypting and decrypting messages as they enter and leave your computer. It lets you add your Proton Mail account to your favorite email client via IMAP/SMTP by creating a local email server on your computer.

https://proton.me/mail/bridge


I agree that this is a problem, and that it is worse than Google.

But for me personally, putting it all on a scale I still think it is better than having your emails mined for ads targeting.

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    cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/27037278

    Threatened by potential EU regulatory changes, the movie, music, and sports industries are vehemently defending the practice of geo-blocking, as an essential part of their business models. Rightsholders argue that eliminating geo-blockades would devalue content, force price hikes for consumers in some countries, and ultimately reduce investment in content and localized services.

    [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/web/products-eurostat-news/w/ddn-20250314-3

    The Eurostat page looks much better in terms of the information it provides.

    Even better: Eurostat | Statistics Explained | Mortality and life expectancy statistics. It has life expectancy at birth and at 65.

    Life expectancy at birth has risen rapidly during the past century due to a number of factors. These include a reduction in infant mortality, rising living standards, improved lifestyles and better education, as well as advances in healthcare and medicine. Official statistics reveal that life expectancy has risen, on average, by more than two years per decade since the 1960s. In 2020, however, after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, this indicator declined in 25 EU countries compared to 2019, the exceptions being Denmark and Cyprus. In 2023, life expectancy at birth was equal to or higher than in 2019 in 21 EU countries. By contrast life expectancy fell in 6 EU countries: Finland (-0.5 years), the Netherlands (-0.3 years), Germany (-0.2 years) to Italy, Latvia and Austria (all -0.1 years).

    There's also an entire book on "The imapct of Demographic change": https://commission.europa.eu/system/files/2023-01/Demography_report_2022_0.pdf

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  • [–] 60 points 1 year ago (21 children)

    The problem in Europe is exactly the fragmentation of payment systems. For most you can only use them if you are a resident and have a bank account on that country.

    •	Wero: Germany, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands
    •	MB WAY: Portugal
    •	Twint: Switzerland
    •	Swish: Sweden
    •	MobilePay: Denmark, Finland
    •	iDEAL: Netherlands
    •	Bancontact: Belgium
    •	BLIK: Poland
    •	Satispay: Italy
    •	Vipps: Norway
    •	Giropay: Germany
    •	Sofort: Germany
    •	Cartes Bancaires: France
       -     Etc....
    
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    Apple has a very limited list of search engines that it allows.

    There are a couple of extensions that do reddirect, but that doesn't even prevent the request from going to the Search Engine defined in settings.

    Alternatively, I can try a different browser, but they are objectively worse, and none of them can use extensions.

    I'm wondering if I'm the only one stressed with this or has everyone found a alternative that I don't know.

    This looks like proper monopolistic behaviour btw

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