# Proton Drive Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/proton-drive/ 9 people recommended Proton Drive in Hacker News comments, 6 had mixed feelings and 25 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 12 months, in 9 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule. **Verdict:** More people criticize it than recommend it. Recommended as an end-to-end encrypted cloud drive from a privacy-focused company. Common caveats: slow transfer speeds and weak Linux support. Summary written by Claude from the comments below. ## What people warn about - Weak Linux and rclone support (4 comments in the sample): "Proton doesn't ship a Linux version of the drive yet" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50000221)) "they don't have some core features like proper proton drive rsync support" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47624960)) "Proton drive stopped working completely with rclone shortly after that" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46029735)) - Slow development, upselling existing customers (2 comments in the sample): "They seem to acquire or put these new modules in half baked and they see little to no user end changes for years." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47720389)) "I'm tired of waiting for a product I paid for while the company is working on new products" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47515380)) - Account lockout and single-company risk (2 comments in the sample): "It’s risky to have so much in one company, if I lose my proton access for some reasons I’m out of everything" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49547064)) "Blocked from my files in Proton Drive. No emails. Nothing. Can't work at all." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49456646)) - Slow transfer speeds (1 comment in the sample): "Protondrive has such dogshit speeds it's basically completely useless" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46730162)) ## Why people recommend it - End-to-end encrypted, privacy-focused company (4 comments in the sample): "they’re the only credible game in town for an email/drive service in the cloud that doesn’t have AI data mining risks" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46027197)) "Proton Drive works well and is from a company that supports privacy" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48078299)) "It's worse in many ways, but at least it's E2E encrypted" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48283684)) - Replaces Dropbox or other cloud storage (4 comments in the sample): "Proton Drive also made it possible to finally move away from our Dropbox Family subscription" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46741910)) "after a while it just made more sense to consolidate and start using Proton Drive" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48291510)) "Jottacloud, Koofr, Proton Drive, and more" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46288558)) - Works well on mobile and desktop (1 comment in the sample): "It works well enough, including auto syncing from iOS and Android." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46609716)) - Works with other Proton services (1 comment in the sample): "I have never seen issues with interactions between proton drive and their vpn." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46027184)) ## Other cloud storage people recommend - [Dropbox](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dropbox/): 89 recommend, 42 mixed, 153 criticize - [Apple iCloud](https://hackerapproved.com/p/icloud/): 87 recommend, 42 mixed, 218 criticize - [Google Drive](https://hackerapproved.com/p/google-drive/): 40 recommend, 20 mixed, 109 criticize - [OneDrive](https://hackerapproved.com/p/onedrive/): 36 recommend, 39 mixed, 355 criticize ## Where to get it - [Visit the official site](https://proton.me/drive) ## The badge A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged. ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Proton Drive", https://hackerapproved.com/p/proton-drive/ (9 recommend, 6 mixed, 25 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026). Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.