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sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks agoI think that proton is perhaps the greatest example at the moment that to oppose capitalism does not mean you have to be opposed to free enterprise,
You seemed to use Proton as an example of that. Maybe I read it differently than you intended.
Second of all, “it’s filling a niche created by other companies’ poor privacy policies” is essentially nothing more than a restatement of the second sentence I wrote
I don’t think it is. My point is that Proton is a product of capitalism, as in, like any corporation, they found/created a niche and filled it. That you like this company and not others has more to do with you liking the niche than anything altruistic you think Proton is doing.
Proton is overpriced for what they offer, but they can charge that much because of brand recognition. Look at Tuta, a for profit company that offers similar services with more features for less.
Proton is a product of a competive market, and that’s a good thing.
bloup@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks ago
The irony is, I like proton because I don’t think you should trust literally any business to behave altruistically, including proton. By structuring the business in the manner that they have, I don’t just have to trust them. I just have to trust that the people in charge don’t want to go to jail or get fined, which is literally not true for any business owned by private individuals.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Well yeah, Proton is basically capitalism working as intended. They’re a smallish business exploiting a gap in the market.