Squeeze me and watch the fireworks erupt.
@Tazerface @hanrahan Why?
Think about who wrote the thing.
CERN. Large Hadron Collider.
Scientists and computer geeks (not in a derogatory way) whose main piece of scientific equipment is built underground.
You know, like, in a cave.
And, for troglodytes, “dark mode” IS the default mode.
Proton Pass wasn’t written for people who might need to use it with any measureable amount of ambient lighting!
@Xanis You’re welcome!
Both Proton Pass and Bitwarden are ad-free, secure, and very nearly have the full features of the paid versions.
For most users, the free versions are more than enough.
One limitation is that the free versions don’t allow 2FA TOTPs to be generated. Personally, I’d never use that feature as it removes a barrier to being hacked *IF* the password manager was ever compromised. Instead, the use of a separate Authenticator app for those codes is probably safer!
@Xanis @DesolateMood
Sure!
Tuta.com
Privacyguides.org
EFF.org
Additionally, Proton Pass and Bitwarden are both well respected, open source, password managers that are Freemium products.
Maybe everyone at Proton might have to accept a paycut.
Maybe Proton would have to raise prices in the long term, but offer discounts in the short term to bolster the paid subscriber base.
But the ONE thing they can never do, is sell their member’s meta data, let alone their data. It would destroy their business model and the Proton Foundation, now the majority shareholder of Proton AG, is legally bound to never permit such a change.
@gmtom @HKayn
Proton’s “paying subscribers” don’t really subsidise the CEO’s pay.
They PAY it! Andy’s and every employee’s salary would be paid for by the subscribers.
Proton AG might receive grants, but probably not enough to keep the servers running nor the lights on in the office.
True, as a general rule, “If a product is free, then YOU are the product” but not in Proton’s case.
They’ve had a “Freemium” business model from the start, and there’s no sign of the music slowing.
@Nelizea @BlemboTheThird How can a Proton Team be on Reddit? They mustn’t be using their VPN for their Reddit account.
I’ve been unable to get into my own Reddit account because [insert every known VPN here] has been blocked by Reddit…