Dear Vivaldi web browser users,
1) How to PREVENT Proton installing
Right-click, do not left-click, but right-click the VPN Button and click REMOVE.
2) How to REMOVE Proton VPN if installed.
Click on the Vivaldi logo, click on tools, click on extensions. This will list ALL your installed browser extensions, and you can click on REMOVE for Proton VPN.
3) How to PREVENT Vivaldi from doing this in the future (see screenshots, alt text included).
There are many VPN providers Vivaldi could have teamed up with, but it is unfortunate, that the web browser that's splash screen reads, "Made with love in Europe" picked a company that falls under Us Jurisdiction, and whose CEO praises Donald Trump.
> " But... but... Proton is in Swizerland. "
Your company can start in another country, but if you expand into the United States, it falls under Us Jurisdiction. Our laws are very predatorial and assiduous.
There are 200 or so independent countries, territories, and states world-wide. But as you know, corporations do not include terms and conditions for all 200 or so geographical jurisdictions. Businesses only include and worry about the jurisdictions that apply to them.
That said, I would much rather let their own legal documentation speak for itself. Here are their terms concerning Proton. It has whole sections concerning US Customers and US Laws. https://proton.me/wallet/terms A company outside Us Law would not care about American laws, anymore than you would likely care about the law in North Korea, for example.
Proton would like to argue, likely from a public relations standing point, that these terms only apply to Proton Wallet. But that is not how our laws work in the United States. You do not get to pick and choose which department is subject to US Law, anymore than you get to pick which Us Laws you want to follow.
These Terms of Use ("Terms") constitute an agreement between the customer ("you" or "user") and Proton Financial AG, a company limited by share incorporated in Switzerland with company number CHE-279.911.859, whose registered address is Baarermattstrasse 8F 6340 Baar, Switzerland (the "Company", "Proton Financial AG").
If you're looking for a VPN provider that is outside Us Jurisdiction, and whose CEO is not praising, Donald Trump, I have a list of alternatives available.
https://codeberg.org/Linux-Is-Best/Outside_Us_Jurisdiction/src/branch/main/VPN.md
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