In ProtonMail you can have email aliases (different address for the same inbox). By default, user@protonmail.com and user@pm.me exist. You can both send and receive from them.
to block pm.me or to handle it like a throwaway address
How is a pm.me address more throwaway than a GMail one? I would say it's the other way around, especially considering that many ProtonMail users pay for their email service, so it's more likely to be a real user behind the address.
My criticism is: You should never use an e-mail address from which you cannot send. This has nothing to do with Protonmail but is a problem in general.
but sending emails from a @pm.me email address requires a paid account.
Forgot that, I personally have a paid account and I think many people using Protonmail do, the free accounts are not so good.
You should never use an e-mail address from which you cannot send.
Depends for what, if you subscribe to newsletters you don't have to send emails, but I agree it's pretty dangerous to use an email that you don't have send access for.
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In ProtonMail you can have email aliases (different address for the same inbox). By default, user@protonmail.com and user@pm.me exist. You can both send and receive from them.
How is a pm.me address more throwaway than a GMail one? I would say it's the other way around, especially considering that many ProtonMail users pay for their email service, so it's more likely to be a real user behind the address.
This is not quite correct. According to Protonmail:
https://protonmail.com/support/knowledge-base/pm-me-addresse...
My criticism is: You should never use an e-mail address from which you cannot send. This has nothing to do with Protonmail but is a problem in general.
Forgot that, I personally have a paid account and I think many people using Protonmail do, the free accounts are not so good.
Depends for what, if you subscribe to newsletters you don't have to send emails, but I agree it's pretty dangerous to use an email that you don't have send access for.