cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12202255

Announcement from the Proton team on Reddit (Libreddit link):

Today, we’re increasing file storage limits on the free plan.

Instead of sharing 1 GB between files and email, you’ll now have:

5 GB for Proton Drive

1 GB for Proton Mail

Additional context: For Proton Drive, you now start with 2 GB and for Proton Mail, you start with 500 MB. After signing up for the Free plan, you can unlock the maximum storage allowance on each service thus:

You can boost your Proton Mail storage from 500 MB to 1 GB by completing four account setup actions.

You can boost your Proton Drive storage from the default 2 GB to 5 GB by completing three tasks.

  • Shirasho@lemmings.worldEnglish
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    7 months ago

    One of these is linking/forwarding from a Gmail account. I have yet to figure out how to not have to do this.

    • LWD@lemm.eeEnglish
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      7 months ago

      Didn’t even notice that one… I’m not sure if that’s a feature I want. I don’t want them knowing my Google identity, and I definitely don’t want Google knowing my Proton email identity either.

      • JelloBrains@kbin.social
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        7 months ago

        I have a junk gmail box that I use with no real info on it, I linked it then immediately unlinked it, and that seems to have worked. So I guess if you wanted to do this portion but not give them access you could make a Gmail you will never use just to link then unlink.

  • LWD@lemm.eeEnglish
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    7 months ago

    For Proton Drive, you must perform the initial actions within 30 days of signing up for your free Proton account to receive your additional 3 GB of free storage.

    Does this not apply to old (read: older than 30 days) accounts?

    • LWD@lemm.eeEnglish
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      7 months ago

      Update: I have two “old” Protonmail accounts I use on my phone, and both of them upgraded to 5GB of Drive storage.

      I didn’t have to complete any actions to get the storage. It just showed up. On one of the accounts, the app doesn’t show the change on the main UI.

      • trem@feddit.itEnglish
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        7 months ago

        Same. I’ve had a free account for quite some time and now it shows 5gb of drive and 1gb of mail, with no tasks to complete.