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Proton 2024 Lifetime account fundraiser for online freedom | Ends on January 5th (proton.me)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It says that "100% of the proceeds will be donated" and I recognize a few projects in their list that are worth supporting. While this still feels a bit like an ad, I thought it was newsworthy + something that the Fediverse would be supportive of?

Please share if you see any issues with this, and I can edit it into this post (or take down the post).

Full details on the link in the post, summary:

Join our charity fundraiser before it ends on January 5th

Since 2018, with support from the Proton community, we have financially supported non-profit organizations that share this vision, donating over $3 million to fuel a growing movement for a better internet. For this year’s fundraiser, we’re giving away 10 Proton Lifetime accounts, our most exclusive plan that gives you the most storage and all the features of all our current and future products, forever.

Starting today, you can enter the raffle to win a Lifetime plan. 100% of the proceeds will be donated, along with a $150,000 matching contribution from Proton. Raffle tickets are on sale from now until January 5 at 11:59 PM CET. We’ll announce the winners the following day.

Recipient details:

A portion of the funds will also go to a few organizations from past years, such as Tor, GrapheneOS, and others, as many nonprofits have seen drops in donations and are struggling to reach their budget goals.

this year’s recipients:

Freedom House

Free Software Foundation Europe

Law for Change

Ada Lovelace Institute

Nothing2Hide

Free Press Unlimited

The Tech Oversight Project

Open Data Institute

OpenStreetMap

Ladybird

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So, how do you feel today now that Proton literally backed their CEO bending over for Trump?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Talk about living in your head rent free.

But for the record I feel the same way. If it was a for profit company I would think there is a problem. But a non profit in a reputable legal system doing a donation drive for a good cause isn’t really “sus” at all.