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Windscribe: Proton VPN got caught running secret price tests on users, then denied it. Their own code revealed the opposite
11 days ago by beep to c/technology
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EncryptKeeper 41 points 11 days ago
The anti-Proton propaganda machine is nuts. I have never in all my life seen so much time and energy put into trying to manufacture outrage over a single company.
01189998819991197253 2 points 11 days ago
Makes me think that they actually have a product worth looking into
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My entire comment history is filled with criticism of capitalism, and I have a bunch of issues with proton, but this is just sad and not something I care about.
They are testing what price point is most attractive for NEW customers on a 24 month intro offer. Both of these offers revert to the standard price after 24 months.
Windscribe, as a 5 eyes based VPN, is not trustworthy, and posting "gotchas" like this makes them even more suspect. Proton is one of the only providers that offer a permanently free VPN. Windscribe has no free option.
Personally, I think a moral company would offer permanent discounts to long term customers, but there isn't a single company on earth I'm aware of that actually does that.
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