Proton is transitioning towards a non-profit structure

Just sitting here waiting on the peeps who know more about stuff to chime in on this, cause it sounds awesome. But I've been burned before so I'm hesitant

In this world of enshittification and organizations becoming more and more aggressive, it's so nice and refreshing to see proton doing the opposite and moving to a better model :)

Proton and Mullvad leading the way

This makes me want to upgrade my plan.

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The opposite of the OpenAI.

Honestly, a very impressive move. Makes me way more confident in the trajectory of the company and I'm happy to have been a visionary user for multiple years.

I wonder, though, just how much of Proton A.G. does the foundation now own? They say it's the largest shareholder, but they didn't say "majority shareholder".

Man, I wish I could afford their rates. They're just a little bit higher than I can justify compared to other options for a given service.

It is a nice PR but for me I am not impressed. Rolex is also a non profit organization in Switzerland and and mostly help hiding there finance.

Correct me if I am wrong but all I see is words and promises. I would trust them if they release the yearly finance transparently.

For now the only act I can judge them on is their collaboration with police to give ecologist activists IP.

I was this close to upgrade to the paid plan, and this is the final push I needed

Non-profit and all this stuff is nice, but where is the dark secret?

@retiolus

Nice !
Maybe that will allow them to get rid of their marketing habits !

We recently purchased the family plan even if it is quite expensive for a couple. Reading this of course made me feel better about it.

I was sketched out by their move to get rid of inactive free accounts, but this is nice to see. Really hate the idea that if I'm unplugged just for a bit I lose a ton of contacts.

Not to rain on the parade, but as long as we allow the reality-sized hole that is non-profits owning for-profits, this isn’t something I can get terribly excited about.

Welp, that's one more reason not to use proton