So I’ve tried Proton Mail and it’s… not a great user experience. I’m looking for a good calendar specially that works on Mac, Windows, Linux, and iOS. I want to be able to manage my work calendar through it (which is a Google account) and then a personal calendar which is hosted by this new service.
Privacy is important but I’m just trying to avoid major companies like Google. I’ve been trying out Fastmail so far and I think is pretty good and while not as secure as Proton it’s got the usability I’m looking for.
Just wondering if anyone else out there has a recommendo for me before I cancel my proton subscription and commit to Fastmail?
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I recently switched from FOOS calendar available on Fdroid to One Calendar. Give them a try and you will see that the UI it’s smooth.
What’s wrong with FastMail? I’ve used them for ages.
If you deceive against them, you might look at NextCloud. You can pay for managed hosting of it at PikaPods.
There is nothing wrong with FastMail, I just don’t like that they are based in Aus and are under the Five Eyes situation. I say this as an Australian who lives in a different country. I would prefer privacy locked, but from their transparency reports, they do seem pretty secure.
I used to work for them, and unless you use GPG on all your emails, they can read everything you send (or could as of 2020). As for the rest of their apps, I’m fairly certain those are encrypted at rest, though I do recall having to comply with an Aussie government investigation notice. They’re also downright scornful of people who point out the issues with their privacy practices.
So overall would you suggest to not use their service and put up with the pain points of proton?
Baikal with DAVx5 is a very neat mix. Have used it for many years now (self-hosted of course) and I have no issues yet.
If you don’t mind selfhosting, I’ve been developing Luna, which is a calendar webapp that can aggregate different calendar sources. For adding a new personal calendar I recommend Radicale, which you can then easily connect into Luna. Unfortunately, accessing calendars from a Google account is not yet supported, but it is absolutely something that will be added later down the line, when I tackle OAuth. Since it’s self-hosted, it’s fantastic for privacy and there’s a big focus on security (I’m a cybersecurity researcher by trait).
I haven’t really publicized this project much anywhere yet, since I’m still a few features off from being comfortable enough with releasing a 1.0.0 version, but it has gotten to the point where I personally use it every day.
I tried to selhost via Nextcloud.
It worked on my Android mobile via DAVx5.
My gf wanted it in her google calender, but then I needed to expose my calender to the web which I didn’t want, so I switched to Proton now…
I like my NextCloud instance, but the interop with Google Calendar is really poor. I rely on bringing my calendars and my fiancé’s shared google Calendars to my android via DAVx5 so I can have them in one place. I haven’t found a satisfactory way of seeing both sets of calendars in NextCloud or Google Calendar. Or in desktop calendar apps for that matter.
May I ask what desktop apps you’ve tried so far ? Do you have a favorite one ?
Thunderbird is the main one. I don’t do calendar stuff from my desktop often.
Are you looking for a service that includes email as well, or just a calendar?
I’m using mailbox.org, it’s a German provider. I think the base plan is 1€ a month including 3 email aliases, calender and contact sync
