Proton switches to a private foundation model

From Arstechnica: Proton is taking its privacy-first apps to a nonprofit foundation model | Ars Technica

“We believe that if we want to bring about large-scale change, 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”),” Proton CEO Andy Yen wrote in a blog post announcing the transition. “Instead, Proton must have a profitable and healthy business at its core.”

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A Social Purpose Corporation is also an option for large-scale change.

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True, but that’s something that only exists in USA as far as I understand. Proton seem to like it in Switzerland, I guess they think it’s harder for the US 3-letter agencies (maybe EU agencies as well) to reach them there.

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Relevant quote:

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All we need is to get the Neutrons and Electrons on board with this.

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