Well they are a for profit company
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Forsho@sh.itjust.works 20 hours ago
Proton pricing system is pure shit, its like dynamic scam and changes based on your location and which app you use.
If you go through the website you get a different discount than the app market.
Proton needs transparency when it comes to pricing.
Note: hey proton stop shoving expensive bundles for apps i don’t use.
StumblingWasabi@lemmy.today 18 hours ago
TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 hours ago
They are not. They transitioned to a non-profit foundation. proton.me/blog/proton-non-profit-foundation
StumblingWasabi@lemmy.today 14 hours ago
You are incorrect. Proton is a for profit company with non-profit as the majority shareholder. From the article
As the largest voting shareholder of Proton, no change of control can occur without the consent of the foundation
Proton seems to be more than happy to let people think they are now a non-profit though, which is what bothers me.
Forsho@sh.itjust.works 17 hours ago
You do know that transparent clear pricing is also a model for profit.
floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 hours ago
I’m mad because it used to be great years ago. You could pick a specific tier for each service, so you could get the top mail tier and the middle VPN one for example, plus some features were optional add-ons independent of the plan. It was really modular and transparent
WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
You can still do that. When they released Unlimited some modular options became more expensive than Unlimited, but included the same thing, so those were removed (because at that point you should just use Unlimited). As far as I’m aware they have never removed features that used to exist, and their plans have only gotten cheaper (when accounting for inflation, and comparing to all other tech corpos). You can’t expect to continue paying the $2 you were paying for mail in 2015 forever.