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Sustaining Proton’s mission over time | Proton (proton.me)

submitted 8 months ago by starman@programming.dev to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/10063199

Proton's mission, funding sources, independence, and community are some of the reasons we're more resilient than other privacy-first companies.

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[–] LWD@lemm.ee 0 points 8 months ago

Unfortunately, I find the concept of giving Proton any money difficult because of the way it treats people who pay them. They accept money immediately, like a prepaid service, but if you fail to cancel the plan before they attempt to bill you again, they will lock you out until you give them the same amount as the previous pay period.

I had made the mistake of attaching my (free) Proton Mail and (paid) Proton VPN to a disposable debit card, so when the card ran out, I was locked out of my (free) Email until I had coughed up another $6 or so.

That wasn't so bad, but apparently people who sign up for yearly plans also have to pay for a year of service they don't want to use if this happens to them.

With that in mind, I would strongly advise people to think twice about giving money to Proton, and if they do, to segregate their services and never purchase all of them on the same account.