@Maple is really great. In comparison Proton’s Lumo sucks and refuses to answer anything even remotely controversial.
I tried asking all major AIs about nicotine consumption for something that has some stigma, but is perfectly legal and ethical. Surprisingly Proton is the only one that refused to answer. ChatGPT happily answered, but it was not helpful and oddly refused to give numerical data or attempt math.
Grok tied Deepseek in Maple for the best answer that was clear, logical, and included the numbers and math I wanted.
Maple obviously wins big on privacy. Interestingly, Grok was second best on privacy as you can sign up with a burner email, no X account needed, and no other verification in free mode. Whereas Anthropic requires a phone number and won’t take VOIP or other privacy preserving options.
Summary: feel my one year Maple subscription was well worth it based on both quality and privacy. Sometimes when you’re a parent you want to ask questions in a judgement free zone 😅
Hopefully a long form write up coming…
