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		artursapek on Dec 30, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: ProtonMail takes aim at Google with an encrypted c... If you want to build something which can't be compatible with popular standards, what is the better choice? Build it anyway, or let those standards stop you? It's the same reason I can't read my PGP-encrypted email on my phone.

lwhalen on Dec 30, 2019 [–]

Do what Fastmail did, and work with the community (generally via the IETF) to make your new standard open and compatible:

https://fastmail.blog/2019/08/16/jmap-new-email-open-standar...

artursapek on Dec 31, 2019 | [–]

Good point, perhaps Proton will do so.

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