Typos and stuff

content/posts/why-i-switched-from-proton-mail.md

@@ -5,21 +5,21 @@ title = "Why I Switched From Proton Mail"
 description = "This blog post explains why I chose to switch away from Proton Mail."
 slug = "email-provider-switch"
 authors = ["Sam Al-Sapti"]
-tags = ["centralization", "cryptography", "email", "pgp"]
+tags = ["cryptography", "decentralization", "email", "pgp"]
 series = []
 +++
 
 I wanted to write this blog post (and by the way, this is my first) to
 shed some light on my recent choice of email provider. You see, Proton
-Mail is a great email service, and I've used them for years. but it just
-doesn't fit my needs anymore. This is due to a number of reasons, but it
-is primarily due to some issues with external PGP handling (I'll talk
+Mail is a great email service, and I've used them for years, but it just
+doesn't fit my needs anymore. This is due to a number of reasons, but
+it's primarily due to some issues with external PGP handling (I'll talk
 more about this later on) and their recent change of direction.
 
 ## Centralization and Proton's new direction
 
 One of the main reasons I chose to switch, is the new direction Proton
-is going.  Recently, they've revamped all of their products and their
+is going in. Recently, they've revamped all of their products and their
 website, to make it more clear that both Proton Mail, Proton VPN, Proton
 Calendar and Proton Drive is under the same family/suite (notice how
 there's a space now in their product names, that's one of the changes).
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ alternative all-in-one solution to something like Google's, and I'm sure
 this will benefit them in the long run and appeal to more people. A lot
 of people like these kinds of ecosystems, because it usually increases
 ease of use and convenience. In fact, this change now allows Proton to
-more clearly integrate their products together. For example, you can now
-easily send large attachments via emails, by letting Proton Mail
+better integrate their products together. For example, you can now
+easily send large attachments via email, by letting Proton Mail
 automatically upload the file to Proton Drive and send a share link in
 the email, instead of attaching it in the email itself. All of the
 changes are outlined in
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Andy Yen.
 
 Personally though, this does not appeal to me. I'm not a fan of
 ecosystems and having all my eggs in one basket, and I'm a huge fan of
-self-hosting.  You see, I'm a big proponent of decentralization. One
+self-hosting. You see, I'm a big proponent of decentralization. One
 aspect of decentralization is to not have everything in one place, when
 you don't control that place. For example, I wouldn't have both my
 email, calendar, contacts and cloud storage with Google, and neither
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ centralized with one company is just not my cup of tea.
 ## The way Proton Mail handles PGP
 
 Proton Mail offers zero-access encryption of your inbox, meaning all of
-your emails are ecrypted, and only you have access to read them after
+your emails are encrypted, and only you have access to read them after
 unlocking them with your password. Behind the scenes, this works by each
 customer having a PGP key pair stored on their servers, with the private
-key encrypted by the customer's password. This means that not even
+key being encrypted by the customer's password. This means that not even
 Proton themselves can read your emails, and this is great for privacy.
 
 PGP has been a standard for email encryption for many years, and it's
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ end-to-end encrypted emails between Proton Mail users (it also works
 with other email providers, but it requires some setup by the
 communicating parties). The thing is though, that you're not in control
 of the private PGP key when using Proton Mail's PGP integration. Even
-though it is encrypted on their servers, and only you can decrypt it, I
+though it is encrypted on their servers, and only I can decrypt it, I
 want to be in control of my private key myself. This also relates to the
 centralization problem I described above. By using Proton Mail, I
 entrust my email security with a central entity.
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ entrust my email security with a central entity.
 This one is more on the technical side of things. I've had some not so
 great experiences when trying to use my own PGP key on top of Proton
 Mail's encryption. For example, my signatures wouldn't be recognized by
-the recipient's email client due to the second layer of encryption that
+the recipient's email client, due to the second layer of encryption that
 is Proton Mail's PGP integration. Because I want to use my own PGP key,
-that I'm in control of, this doesn't work for me.
+that I'm in control of myself, this doesn't work for me.
 
 ## Conclusion
 
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ go ahead and delete your Proton account solely based on what I'm saying.
 This is my own personal opinion. If you're someone who's not very
 technical and/or are satisfied with what Proton is offering, then stay.
 I'm not here to trash talk Proton and tell everyone to abandon them. I
-think Proton offers some great privacy preserving services, and their
+think Proton offers some great privacy preserving services and their
 line of products is perfectly suitable for a lot of people, and their
 work is important in the privacy world. I'm just someone who's a bit
 more technical than the average person, and because of that, Proton Mail