OpenAI was also non-profit and sure as shit wasn’t living up to its name of being open in any way. Then it became for-profit in late 2025 because it could, and also money.
Do you think there’s something snowflake-level special preventing Proton from doing the same fucking thing? It’s a corporation trying to make money; non-profit may be used to grift popularity or grassroots support.
If Proton is special and impossible to follow a similar trajectory after enough people use/are locked into their ecosystem, please share with us what your logic would be that would protect us from this. (Hint: you can’t)
Also to note, Proton AG is technically for-profit. They are majority owned by Proton, which is a non-profit, but the company that hosts everything is technically for-profit.
OpenAI was also non-profit and sure as shit wasn’t living up to its name of being open in any way. Then it became for-profit in late 2025 because it could, and also money.
Do you think there’s something snowflake-level special preventing Proton from doing the same fucking thing? It’s a corporation trying to make money; non-profit may be used to grift popularity or grassroots support.
If Proton is special and impossible to follow a similar trajectory after enough people use/are locked into their ecosystem, please share with us what your logic would be that would protect us from this. (Hint: you can’t)
Also to note, Proton AG is technically for-profit. They are majority owned by Proton, which is a non-profit, but the company that hosts everything is technically for-profit.