Eric Marceau via linux wrote on 2026-09-22 14:28:
I would like to know:
Does anyone have reservations about *Stripe* as a payment handler?
Yeah, but what wholly Canadian payment processors are there?
Hopefully they'll support Interac™ too.
I find it *very off-putting* that we have *no way of identifying the
principals involved* with this initiative.
Maybe it indicates the principals behind it are legitimately privacy
focused?
We have *no* idea whether this is a potential large-scale fraud or
not! Does anyone have contacts with the *RCMP* to make a quick
determination as to legitimacy of this operation?
They won't know and wouldn't tell anyone.
I am honestly shocked at the possibility that it MIGHT never get off
the ground, as per the TOS statement
/If we do not move forward with launching the service,
every deposit will be automatically refunded in full./
Seems reasonable. Nerds might think this is a great idea, but if only a
dozen sign up for the service, it may not be viable. Normal people may
even hear about Bluenose, may not care, may be too cheap to pay for
privacy,...
Hence they're just clarifying that there's no risk to signing up.
Reasonable.
Also, *I sent a feedback message* to them, the text of which is the
following
/You want to make this fly, it should be FREE like Gmail, with a
data-storage cap for free accounts, or increased data capacity for
a paid Premium service.
/
Interesting, but those free users require support and at the free tier
might not be worth supporting. At least initially.
People are learning that "free" isn't what it seems. Hence the success
of Patreon.
/Then sell it to Gov Can that they should fund the basic service
accounts, in order to promote the mass migration in the shortest
possible timeframe./
Also interesting idea.
But, that may be seen as the government endorsing the service, and if it
fails, they probably don't want flack for it.
/My wife would love to move away from Live.ca which is also a free
service./
Bluenose is only $2 / month. If that's a deal breaker, then privacy &
digital sovereignty just does not matter to such users.
/Time to offer a service that can actually be SEEN as a
replacement for those free services./
They would then need to offer CalDAV, CardDAV, and probably WebDAV.
Which complicates quota management significantly, as well as password
management.
The traditional Postfix + Dovecot lacks a mechanism for users to update
their own passwords (one needs a web mail app like RoundCube for that).
Probably encryption-at-rest should be considered. Also challenging to
offer and to explain to users. Then, the inevitable "I lost my key, how
do I get my email messages back?!?" support tickets.
They say "no phone numbers required" but I suspect if this grows then
they'll encounter situations where a second channel of reaching users
might be warranted. "I replaced my phone, forgot password - how do I get
my mail?!?"
/You might even want to see if you can get a "per capita funding"
for the free accounts/
That's another interesting thought.