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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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[–] pcr3@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I'm in for one ticket.

[–] lambalicious -3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (5 children)

I find it sus that they say 100% of the proceedings will be donated. I'm wondering if a fair part of this is an attempt to clear their image after they delivered environmental activists over to monarchical and corporate interests in the EU.

[–] mholiv@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I think you need to relax a little here. Proton is a literal privacy focused non profit that follows the laws of where they are based. You can’t get much better than that.

Even in an ideal post scarcity would a non profit privacy focused organization that follows the laws of where it’s based is pretty ideal.

[–] lambalicious 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] mholiv@lemmy.world 1 points 3 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.

[–] Rookwood@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

They literally gave over user information. That is what literal means. What their marketing claims is not literal.

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[–] Virkkunen@fedia.io 1 points 3 months ago

Hey look it's the bandwagon that thinks privacy focused services are above the law and talk smack about those when they follow the law

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