There’s an argument to not have an all-in-one provider though: it increases vendor lock-in. If a company turns into a direction you don’t like, you’d have to find a suitable alternative to replace all of your services, and that takes a lot of time and effort. If you spread it between multiple companies however, you’ll only need to switch a few, maybe even have less work if you use a domain (for example for custom aliases).

Plus, something about Proton I disliked is that their products are missing key features you just expect from your products. For example, every mail provider offers you the option to add todo-lists or even journals, because WebDAV just has it, however Proton still lacks that to my knowledge. Other password safe programs have a folder system to better organise your entries. Proton Pass does not. I’d rather use many companies that each does one thing well than one that does everything rather mediocre.

Ah, bacteriophages, not general viruses.

Still makes me wonder how dangerous it is and how high the danger of a virus, developed with this technique, not being a phage is.

I mean, IRC is not dead, there are still active chatrooms and there’s even an implementation that allows sharing media over the room.

I think IRC will always have its place, because it’s simple and easy to set up. Great for communities when someone wants to chat about what the community is about or needs quick help.

I for myself miss forums, especially since it acts as an archive as well as for various other things. It’s atrocious how Discord managed to take its place and made things so much worse.