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My entire comment history is filled with criticism of capitalism, and I have a bunch of issues with proton, but this is just sad and not something I care about.
They are testing what price point is most attractive for NEW customers on a 24 month intro offer. Both of these offers revert to the standard price after 24 months.
Windscribe, as a 5 eyes based VPN, is not trustworthy, and posting "gotchas" like this makes them even more suspect. Proton is one of the only providers that offer a permanently free VPN. Windscribe has no free option.
Personally, I think a moral company would offer permanent discounts to long term customers, but there isn't a single company on earth I'm aware of that actually does that.
The anti-Proton propaganda machine is nuts. I have never in all my life seen so much time and energy put into trying to manufacture outrage over a single company.
Didn't the CEO show support for someone in the Trump administration? That alone is enough for me to pass.
Context matters. I think this article gives it fairly well. Many people jumped to conclusions really fast.
https://medium.com/@ovenplayer/does-proton-really-support-trump-a-deeper-analysis-and-surprising-findings-aed4fee4305e
Yeah that was it. Trump picked someone for a position, CEO comments on good pick, Trump always picks the shittiest people.
No more analysis needed.
He also praised Trump for being "Anti-big business" lol what a fucking joke.
CEO made the exact same mistake most capitalist "Liberals" make, going all the way back to the Weimar republic and Hitler; believing what fascists say, are acting in good faith, and ignoring their actions; instead of being corrupt criminals and sociopaths who don't care about the meaning of words.
Makes me think that they actually have a product worth looking into
No, it's just that it's annoying they seemed OK, then the CEO turned out to be a fan of Trump policies. People are angry. Makes you want to call the new emergency number!
"Fan of Trump policies"
Supporting Trump saying his new Antitrust Division appointee will fight Big Tech is not something I'd equate to supporting his policies.
The "anti-Proton propaganda machine" doesn't get into details like that.
Believing anything Trump says shows a worrying lack of clue. So either gullible or evil. Neither is someone to trust with your privacy.
JetBrains do it with their IDE subscriptions, they give you a massive discount if you're subscribed for a few years, and even time on stuff like their educational license counts towards that. Super refreshing to see.
I have a "permanent" discount for Proton Pass Family, so long as I don't cancel the subscription.
Fortunately, I'm grandfathered in to proton's old plan so I'm holding this thing for life
... what are you talking about?
Windscribe does have a free option.
???
I have never given them any money or CC or bank info or anything, and use them semi-regularly.
Yep, they're 5 eyes, that's far from great.
But... they do have a free option.
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I didn't know that meme was still going.