Submitted 3 weeks ago by hornedfiend@sopuli.xyz to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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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.
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
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.
Well they are a for profit company
They are not. They transitioned to a non-profit foundation. proton.me/blog/proton-non-profit-foundation
You do know that transparent clear pricing is also a model for profit.
This happehs when you bought through a sale a long term plan (maybe 12 or 24 months). During new sales they will offer you again the best price on a long term plan or a worse price on a shorter term plan. It’s not infuriating, it’s just the service offering you a better price if you purchase a longer term plan (probably similar to the one you already bought last time).
That or they’re on a legacy plan and the service wasn’t designed with legacy plans in mind. So when it says Save 50%, it’s 50% on the standard service, not 50% on your current plan.
Christ, they are IT company with my data, let’s hope not
Proton really been enshittifying hard lately
They were rated highly among my options when I was choosing services last year, and I ended up not picking them because it felt like they really want to be Google, and that at any moment they will pull the rug out from under their customers in a “remove ‘Don’t be evil’ from the charter” move. These stories seem to suggest I was right.
And then the co-owner of the VPN I did choose funded far right politics in Germany. Whoops.
I mean, they’re all WireGuard. ProtonVPN is WireGuard. Mulvad VPN – what I assume you’re referencing — is WireGuard.
If you don’t like a given WireGuard VPN provider, then just switch to some other VPN provider that supports WireGuard and use that service instead.
That last line especially. I have the unlimited plan but more and more i’m getting sold additional stuff for ‘only’ $$$ extra.
Get the deal a better service is offering you.
I don’t know what I’m missing here. The pricing looks fair. Longer term agreements usually mean cheaper per month pricing. It looks like OP is on a 24 month plan that I assume is expiring. What the infuriating part? It’s it that the ad popped up on the first place?
It looks like OP is on a 24 month plan that I assume is expiring.
That’s why it’s annoying, OP is most likely on a plain monthly plan, and to get the same price they need to pay for 2 years upfront. That’s 120€. And this amount is not written even in small print.
Also I looked it up and it’s 70% off for me, at “2.99€” (72€ for the first 24 months then 84€/12mo). So dynamic pricing bullshit.
It looks like the monthly price is 10€ per month. I just looked mine up and it’s $9.99. my 1 year option is $4.99 (50%) and the 2 year option is $2.99 (70%). So the percentages don’t line up with mine, but they are consistent in that 1 month is $10. If OP is paying monthly with no commitment, then I don’t find volume pricing infuriating, but I do find it odd that the percentages aren’t the same across the board. Of course if you’re already on a $2.99 plan and they’re grandfathering you into pricing, then I have no problems with any of it. That’s how every subscription like this works, discounts for longer commitment.
I’m just waiting for that $27 for 24 months deal again…or something close to it
9point6@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I have something similar with my phone plan
My current plan includes unlimited everything and global roaming across basically anywhere I’ve ever visited (only had to get a separate ESIM once)
I’m regularly getting offers from them to switch to a plan with limits and more restricted roaming for only an extra 25% more a month…!
WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That it’s not the same thing. If you took that offer you’d be worse off and couldn’t ever get it back.
The “VPN Plus” month-to-month plan they are on is still available. The new offer is probably for 24 months of Unlimited, which includes like 5 extra services. They could always go back to “VPN Plus”