▲ 874 ▼ Proton has stopped using their Mastodon account (feddit.uk) submitted 2 years ago by flamingos@feddit.uk to c/fediverse@lemmy.world 236 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] deur@feddit.nl -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) They have port forwarding, but they were bought by a company that has been caught stuffing malware into purchased programs. Basically, it was a company that has a history of buying out otherwise legitimate software brands, and then bulking them with adware as a quick cash grab on the existing customers. That buyout was like 4 or 5 years ago, but it left a sour taste in many people’s mouths. Because everyone expected the PIA client to silently get bulked with adware one day. Since trust is basically the only reason to casually use a VPN, it pushed a lot of their users to alternatives. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) They have port forwarding, but they were bought by a company that has been caught stuffing malware into purchased programs. Basically, it was a company that has a history of buying out otherwise legitimate software brands, and then bulking them with adware as a quick cash grab on the existing customers. That buyout was like 4 or 5 years ago, but it left a sour taste in many people’s mouths. Because everyone expected the PIA client to silently get bulked with adware one day. Since trust is basically the only reason to casually use a VPN, it pushed a lot of their users to alternatives. permalink fedilink source parent
