• Lucy :3@feddit.org
    7021·
    7 天前

    Both aren’t really private. Both is a for-profit company claiming it to be private.

      • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de
        58·
        7 天前

        No. Proton is a for profit company whose largest shareholder is a non profit foundation. As is written right in your linked post. The foundation is not the company.

        • Wildmimic@anarchist.nexusEnglish
          73·
          7 天前

          Which isn’t a bad thing, actually. Being a non-profit can make it hard to expand in some cases, but what makes for-profit companies shit is the shareholders calling for the upward going line, which isn’t the motivator of the shareholder here.

        • Dew@feddit.nl
          15·
          7 天前

          Oh. Didn’t know lol. I just saw Proton blabla non-profit blabla and jumped to a conclusion too fast like I always do 🥴

    • ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      313·
      7 天前

      For-profit company and private are not mutually exclusive though. Mullvad VPN for example is as much a for-profit company as unlike proton which is nonprofit, and arguably also one of the most private VPN services available.

      • greenacres3233@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        13·
        7 天前

        Proton was created to serve the world, and the non-profit Proton Foundation ensures that this can never change. As Proton’s primary shareholder, the foundation exercises its control to ensure that Proton does not deviate from our mission to build a better internet that serves the interests of all of society.

        Edit: meaning, there’s a difference between the foundation and the company