Unnecessary and deeply concerning bow to the new "king"
Update: position got backed up by an official Proton post on Mastodon, it's an official Proton statement now. https://mastodon.social/@protonprivacy/113833073219145503
Update 2, plot-twist: they removed this response from Mastodon - seems they realize it exploded into their face!
It's a very expensive form of advertising. It means you have to have margins. There are a bunch of VPNs out there, so you'd expect the space to be competitive, but somehow a couple of them can spend like half their revenue on advertising?
Though I did just now realize that they do it instead by having enticing start-up prices and really expensive prices after the fact, so maybe they don't have to supplement their income by selling data after all.