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Remember a few decades ago when you couldn't search your emails? No? That's because every mail client ever has had a search function, it's one of the most basic and fundamental features. On an unrelated note, what the hell, @proton.me

Everything looked so good on paper. I even signed up for an annual family subscription. Now, there's a really good chance I'll refund everything -- can't search email, can't search the calendar, can't copy events, there are SO MANY basic features that just don't exist

And I understand WHY -- privacy! but in the name of all that is holy this stuff should have been figured out before any of these products even made it to beta. They're not even particularly complicated problems, I could hack solutions together myself if I had a few spare days.

"The apps don't have these features, but you can use the web clients!" - Proton oh but if you're on mobile you still can't search mail lol And even on web clients, on desktop, there are major features missing. Like, you can duplicate calendar events -- but not if it's from a synced calendar

You can search on mobile for mail, idk about calendar though. That said, I gave up on their apps and just use mail bridge to connect to thunderbird on desktop, and I use a paper calendar because I'm secretly a boomer.

On mobile you can only search subject lines in Proton Mail, even in the web client. And Thunderbird is a workaround, but only on desktop, no third-party clients work on mobile