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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.
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.
Believing anything Trump says shows a worrying lack of clue. So either gullible or evil. Neither is someone to trust with your privacy.
The "anti-Proton propaganda machine" doesn't get into details like that.