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        I want them to have the clear objective of making money. That gives they consumer some control as you can just not give them money. That still can be true for non profits but it isn’t as powerful.

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          Did we read the same blog announcement?

          Proton AG will still need to be financially feasible. That is not changing. You can still not give them money if youd wish. They just have backed up their mission statement with actions instead of just words.

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        Because non profits are not universally good. With a company the objective is clear.

        I don’t terribly care for proton or any other “secure and private” email. I think it is mostly snake oil.

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            Email is insecure by default. These companies play on wishful thinking to make people feel better about using it.

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              This. The best you can do is encrypt your messages locally before sending. But then your email service provider still knows where you are, when and to whom you are sending the message to, and how long is it. And so does the recepient’s email provider and anyone in between. Best they can do is to promise not to keep that data. But it’s just that - a promise, which there is no way to verify.