Today is the 10th anniversary of Proton's 2014 crowdfunding campaign where the community came together to make our journey possible.
From the start, Proton has always put people ahead of profits, and today we're formalizing that by transitioning towards a non-profit structure.
We're here to serve you, and we look forward to continuing to commit Proton to the public good for the next 10 years and beyond. https://proton.me/blog/proton-non-profit-foundation
@protonprivacy Aweeeeesome. 
I remember when it was just small invite only email service that "meant to be big".. and here we are a decade later, it's big, it's important, and it gets better every day.
For others: a clickable link (for me on Mastodon the link is not clickable as it doesn't have the protocol prefix):
https://proton.me/blog/proton-non-profit-foundation
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Good news, but is this criticism of "FREE" #FOSS🤷?
"...Proton can’t be billionaire-subsidized (like #Signal), #Google-subsidized (like #Mozilla), government-subsidized (like #Tor), donation-subsidized (like #Wikipedia), or even speculation-subsidized (like the plethora of crypto “foundations”).."
"...for-profit Swiss corporation #Proton AG, which now operates under the supervision of the non-profit foundation, which is its primary shareholder."
Who are the other shareholders?🤔
Those projects they mention are #FOSS
Happy anniversary Proton!
You're one of the best impulse buys I've ever made.
@protonprivacy #Proton’s been great, but if you believe the “people before profits” mantra never evolves into “*some* people before profits,” then I have a bridge to donate to your foundation.
“Profits” aren’t evil. They’re just the result of customers exchanging *their* profits for the result of your work.
The evil comes from disconnecting that exchange by relying on sustenance from non-users. That can just as easily come from donors or governments as it can from advertisers.
@Johns_priv Hi there, as the linked article states, the identity and location of the activist was already known to the French authorities.
We also provide an official Proton Mail onion site for use with the Tor network for those seeking anonymity.
It’s also important to differentiate that VPN is not classified as a communication tool in Switzerland — Proton VPN does not log IPs and there are no existing Swiss laws that can compel us to do so.
@Johns_priv Regarding that case, the name/address of the terrorism suspect was actually given to police by Apple, not Proton. The terror suspect added their real-life Apple email as an optional recovery address in Proton Mail. Proton can't decrypt data, but in terror cases Swiss courts can obtain recovery email.
Setting a recovery email is optional, and you can read about other recovery methods here: https://proton.me/support/set-account-recovery-methods
@protonprivacy awesome news! Thank you for everything you're doing.
And happy birthday! 
@protonprivacy I like Proton, and I intend to continue to use its services. But this decision is baffling.
It seems like Proton doesn't understand nonprofits. If you want to be a nonprofit, be one. For-profit subsidiaries are smoke and mirrors. Mozilla does the same, yet you balk while emulating them. You even balk at donations, but a nonprofit that disdains its donors isn't sustainable.
This isn't the win you are making it out to be.
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