It was fun while it lasted. The recent addition of PGP support was very welcome, and I thought that such support might have been a sign that they were in it for the long-term with the email product, but I thought wrong.
Dear Skiff Community,
We are excited to share that Skiff is joining Notion.
Skiff’s mission is to bring freedom to the internet by helping people collaborate and communicate with freedom and privacy. We see a deep alignment with Notion’s vision to build a connected workspace and enable everyone to build tools that reflect their values.
We’re extremely excited to accelerate our mission by joining forces with Notion’s world-class team. We sincerely hope that the Skiff community will join us for this next stage of our journey. We’re pursuing big plans for making all of our online lives freer and more empowered, and these plans will carry forward directly the ambitions we’ve strived for alongside the Skiff community.
As we begin to shift focus to our shared efforts with Notion, we will be closing down Skiff’s product suite after a 6-month sunset period We are deeply appreciative of the trust users have extended to us, and we are committed to honoring that trust by ensuring that all data on Skiff is easily exportable. For the next 6 months, Skiff services will continue to operate without disruption, and users can freely duplicate, migrate, or export data. You can now also set up a forwarding address to redirect mail to any other provider.
Our commitment to privacy and security is unchanged. All user data remains end-to-end encrypted, and Skiff products will never monetize your data. Accounts and data on Skiff will not be converted into Notion accounts.
We encourage you to export your data and migrate custom domains within the next 6 months. We’ve prepared this guide to make that process as easy as possible. For any other questions, our support team is readily available via the in-app “Send feedback” option or at [email protected].
The Skiff community has lifted, inspired, and energized us at every step. We are humbled by your support and we apologize for any disappointment or inconvenience this change may cause you. We remain as committed as ever to bringing about the vision for a better internet that brought us together. Thank you for being part of the Skiff family, and we look forward to continuing to serve you with our future efforts.
Sincerely, Skiff Team
Lessons to learn:
STOP SHILLING EVERY NEW PRIVACY SERVICE PROVIDER
STOP FALLING FOR PRIVACY/SECURITY SNAKE OIL MARKETING
STOP HYPING STUFF TO CREATE ARTIFICIAL ACTIVITY IN PRIVACY COMMUNITY
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If they’re joining Notion, does that mean Notion is looking to add encrypted services?
lol. no.
Lmao no. At best, Notion bought them out to make their own email hosting solution. Worst case, notion bought them out to run the company into the ground to fuck their competition.
We’re pursuing big plans for making all of our online lives freer and more empowered, and these plans will carry forward directly the ambitions we’ve strived for alongside the Skiff community.
That’s some nice corporate speak right there.
Fuck this guy and fuck Notion too.
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We are excited to share that Skiff is joining Notion.
Oh come on, I was just about to move my calendar there from outlook
Anyone know of another privacy friendly calendar that has a nice and lightweight desktop app?
At this point, to remain anonymous online, you may as well not even get online anymore.
Haven’t used it yet, but Proton has a beta desktop app that might be what you’re looking for.
I don’t see any desktop app on their site
Ah my bad, it doesn’t have that itself, however: there is Thunderbird 🐦
I’m assuming that would requiring using caldav or whatever, thus no more encryption
Just checked their gh, it’s an electron app :(
While it is an electron app, it’s a pretty decent one. Because it’s not full of tracking and other crap it’s pretty responsive.
Their web and mobile apps are pretty good. Its definitely not as polished as gsuite or office, but it’s still good and you are the customer not the product.
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They never cared for privacy, it was all marketing. We should be equally suspicious of Proton and Tutanota.
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I second that question
It’s probably about as likely that other email service providers will shut down (or at least make the service they provide worse) unexpectedly.
A more sustainable solution would be to make it easier to self-host similar services and giving your contacts more help with transitioning to more privacy-respecting solutions.
I’m personally not very worried about proton.me or tuta.com shutting down without giving me much time to replace them, but it’s a possibility I keep in mind as it would be inconvenient if that happened, and I can do a little bit to make it less inconvenient if it does happen (e.g. by registering alternate email addresses with any person or company who wants to talk to me).
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I always thought skiff was sus. I think there was a youtube sponsor video with them or something. Immediately smelled fishy.
The enshitfication is real
If the data is encrypted client-side, why does this matter?
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Ran it through the corpo parseltongue translator.
Where to get that ? XD
you can use the exact same image for an accurate translation of most corpo bs
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I might just be dumb… But does this mean that in 6 months I just don’t have an email there anymore? I didn’t see any kind of messaging about transitioning services, just like, ‘grab what you can and GTFO.’
But does this mean that in 6 months I just don’t have an email there anymore?
Yes, sounds like it. I can imagine that they have decided for this path, instead of a server migration Skiff->Notion, to make sure that previous non paying Skiff users do pay at Notion if they choose for Notion.
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MAKE PRODUCT AT LOSS
GET CAPITOL TO MAKE PRODUCT LOOK BIGGER
SELL PRODUCT FOR MORE THAN SPENT
FIRE EVERYONE TO “MAKE SUSTAINABLE” (LIE)
LEAVE WITH GOLDEN PARACHUTE
REPEAT TILL YOU CAN BUY ENOUGH PROPERTIES TO RAISE SHITHEAD KID WHO WILL RUIN YOUR FORTUNE