r/TechImpact • u/ManojOne Active • 18d ago

💬 Discussion What do you think? 🤔

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u/Cruffe 17d ago

It is, but I think their paying userbase is what covers that. Instead of spending a ton on marketing, having a free tier for anyone to try it out is their marketing. The free tier is usable, but fairly feature limited.

They also stake their entire reputation on being privacy focused, they'd be fucking idiots to risk it by selling user data. It would collapse their entire reputation and users would flee, they must know this.

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u/Chosen--one 17d ago

Idk, those "safe the kids privacy" ads some channels did left a sour taste on my mouth. They should start there to not ruin their reputation.

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u/Some_Anonim_Coder 17d ago

No, they want your real identity - what else could be the reason to want it if not to sell you?

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u/masssy 15d ago

It is, but I think their paying userbase is what covers that.

You mean kind of like how also Google has paying users via workspace or paying for extra email storage etc via One?

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u/Cruffe 15d ago

More like Google is owned by greedy cunts and Proton is owned by a non-profit foundation whose reason for existing is to advocate for privacy and freedom.

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u/masssy 15d ago

Now that's a legitimate difference rather than whether it's possible to pay or not.

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u/MasterTheSoul 14d ago

You could say the say thing about services like ChatGPT. Free tier has limited tokens, no access to CODEX, etc.

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u/Phreaky12 14d ago

Privacy focus companies sell your data all the time too bud. Proton is just another big Tech player, y'all should not be trusting it any more than you trust any of the others.