I currently recommend avoiding using, and/or contributing to their products, until they fix their false advertising.
They are actually licensed under CC-BY-NC-SA (Non commercial, share-a-like), which is not an open source license (as commercial use allowed is a requirement for open source).
When confronted on Github, the issue was shortly closed, saying that the libraries used for the apps are open source, and that they have no plan for allowing commercial use for their apps.
I pointed out that open source requires commercial use, and I got this reply from their CEO:
"Commercial use is not a requirement for open source software. Study the MongoDB case."
Didn't know that MongoDB is open source. Because it's not. It's source-available, not open source.
Well, can't blame for users not checking this. Even It's FOSS News publication (https://news.itsfoss.com/skiff-mail-review/) got baited. Startups are using open source software's reputation, without contributing to the community (by using an proper license).
"Searching through email content in an end-to-end encrypted email provider is no easy feat. Because Skiff does not have access to any user emails, all search queries have to be performed client-side. To make this possible, we’ve developed innovative search indexing algorithms that work in the browser, in Skiff’s Windows and macOS apps, and in our iOS and Android native apps."
Ich habe mir letzte Woche den den Service #Skiff man angeschaut. Die Oberfläche ist zwar etwas angestaubt, aber erinnert mich sehr an die frühen Zeiten von OpenOffice/LibreOffice und ist vor allem im Gesamtpaket leistungsstark, auch in der kostenlosen Variante (inklusive Domainverwaltung).
Skiff got bought up by Notion.
This means that all skiff users need to find a new platform.
Notion does not even offer an email service, so we just lost a big player in the privacy community, very sad that they made this decision. I have considered switching to something like #tuta or #proton.
From what i have seen we have 6 months to migrate #skiff#notion https://skiff.com
There need to be portability laws for email addresses. You know how cell phone companies are legally required to transfer your phone number if you ask? That, but for email. I'd have a much worse time losing my email address than my phone number.
The more I look into private and secure email the more I get slightly overwhelmed with information. There are many options. Before I take the plunge into completely moving my email and going through that hassle I thought it would see if anyone have experience with @protonmail, @fastmail#Skiff#Tunanota or any others.
Thanks in advance and please boost this toot so I can get many different opinions.
I just do not get it. You can make multiple free #ProtonMail accounts, but if you install the mail app you can literally only add one free account to it. They support IMAP but you have to install this dumb “bridge” app on your desktop to facilitate it. Too much of a hassle to use this. Single account in the app is legit #Evernote-level bullshit.
@dhry They are not a typical email service. @protonmail can’t read your mail even if they wanted to, even while stored on their servers. The bridge app decrypts mail for your IMAP client.
As for their free account limits: outfits like #Skiff have tried and failed to give away more while remaining solvent.
If @protonmail can’t meet your needs with your zero budget, take a closer look at what you need and what it’s worth to you.
What do you think about Skiff? Is it worth checking out? (skiff.com)
I'm looking at Skiff's services lately and it's actually looking pretty good!...