For context, in my password manager I had tried formatting some of my entrees so that it would contain the usual username and password, but instead of creating whole new entrees for the security questions for the same account, I just added additional fields in the same entree in order to keep things a little more tidy.

I was not expecting that doing so would result in later being shaken down by Proton to pay even more money just to access the same few bytes of fucking text I had trusted them with. This is sleazy as fuck and I am dropping these idiots entirely.

  • AnimalsDream@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
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    11 days ago

    No but your files are not stored as text files. That’s not what you’re paying for. You’re paying for the development of the software used to create, store and fill them at the appropriate times and places. If you don’t care about that, just keep them stored as text files on your computer. Boom, problem solved.

    But you say just below this that I never paid for anything in the first place? In any case, whether paid or not, they still have to compete with other options including free ones like Keepass. Why would I pay for Proton over the free Keepass if Proton is basically ransomware?

    You keep using that phrase. You are not “paying more” because you never paid anything in the first place.

    Untrue. I was paying for it, and they required that I pay even more just to access the data that their system allowed me to enter.

    If you think Reddit is the only place that’s going to call you out for being a choosy beggar, you’re in for a surprise.

    You rn: