Here are my Filen testing notes from a couple of months ago. It’s a habit of mine so I don’t forget why I discarded some options.

• It’s impossible to upload anything through the Win app. You can only set up sync folders where you need to place files. Through the web app, however, you can upload both folders and files.
• The desktop app disappears as soon as you switch to another app, and you have to launch it again by clicking on the shortcut.
• You can’t access data in the cloud via a virtual drive or anything similar.
• In short, it’s unusable for my use case.

Edit: Be aware that according to Matt@lemdro.id, the above issues have been rectified in the meantime, so you should give it a go before deciding.

Web and iOS client have lots of bugs. You’ll likely run into them very quickly. I wouldn’t rely on anything that’s uploaded there, or to even be uploaded.

Hey, if I cross post this to proton@lemmy.world, maybe Andy Yen will see it, it will light a fire under their collective asses, they’ll drop everything else they’re working on, labor long and hard, night and day, until the Linux client for Proton Drive is ready! Whaddaya think? 😉

Yeah I use Filen with Nextcloud as a backup. It’s not the best but does the job. Better than most of the corporate ones

Been usung it for three years now I think. Still has issues sure, but over that time I have seen it improve massively, so I expect it will keep getting better. Development is slow though, so I understand that the current state is more important that hypotetical future improvements. I would definitely recommend you to try it with the free tier, and if you like then start stacking lifetime packages. As I see it there is nothing better right now with that balance of cost, features and privacy.

I started using the Linux application since proton doesn’t have one. Works flawlessly. I just use the sync folders both ways setting. Haven’t used notes or anything else.

This is looking pretty promising so far, thanks to all who responded 👍

If I set up Filen to sync my home folder to the cloud and I change VPN countries while it’s syncing, is that likely to cause any technical or security problems?

EDIT: My tests would seem to indicate not, but what does everyone else think? Best practices?