I have to disagree for 2 reasons:
What’s the alternative? We cant evaluate browsers in a vacuum.
Every browser is supported by ads. Advertising has been a part of Firefox since its inception. Im not sure why people are only just now realizing this, I’ve been saying it for years. I dont know that there’s another feasible way to fund development.
We can easily recommend one of the many Firefox forks. Personally I’ve been enjoying Zen browser, which has telemetry disabled and cannot be enabled.
Otherwise we’ll have to wait for Ladybird to be finished.
You asked what the Proton users are that don’t use custom ROMs.
I asked about privacy advocates. You can use Proton otherwise without a Google account and without a custom ROM.
I replied people that simply want an alternative to Google, Apple or Microsoft services. That does answer your question
It doesn’t, because there are a thousand other email providers. Which just leaves privacy advocates (their demographic).
I dont think there is a way. 90% of the tracking is performed by the OS itself. That’s why the first thing you have to do is log into a Google account so they can immediately begin tracking you, and that’s why they lock the bootloader.
Funny enough, one of the few devices that allow you to unlock the bootloader is made by Google.
I was skeptical reading the headline but changed my mind after reading their advertising:
The recipient also can’t take a screenshot of anything you send using view once.
Like, you can’t just say things like that. Complete privacy doesn’t exist. Signal has a similar feature, and while they don’t explicitly say “anyone can save this message on the other end”, they also don’t advertise it as completely private.
I have a catch-all but rarely use it for a couple of reasons:
You’re essentially doxxing yourself when you use it, if you care about that, since you’re the only one with that domain.
When someone inevitably figures out you use one, they will use it to harrass you.
Main reason you’d use it is if you created aliases in SimpleLogin and want them to be visible in Proton Pass.