Comment on Proton Drive client is (finally) coming to Linux - OMG! Ubuntu
Tiresia@slrpnk.net 3 weeks agoIf they don’t get enough money from an advertising deal to be able to afford a short background check, they shouldn’t do the advertising deal.
It’s up to Proton to make a public apology and change their policies so they don’t give money to fascists. Until then, they are a company that gives money to fascists.
DScratch@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
But they don’t make money from advertising…
They spend money.
coffee_tacos@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
Ideally you spend less on the advertising campaign than you make in new customers.
DScratch@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Sometimes that’s the case, but Proton have free tiers, so new customers can just cost more money on top of the cost to acquire them.
Tiresia@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
They are a corporation in capitalism. Please stop being facetious.
ClockworkOtter@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
They spend the money they made. Your point is unclear.
DScratch@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
100% seriously I don’t understand what this means.
Proton spend the money they made?
ClockworkOtter@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I guess we’re both scratching our heads then
Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip 3 weeks ago
I think it may be worth asking yourself why a company would spend that money: They do so in the hopes that it makes them more. The only reason they exist is to make money.
Whether you think this was an honest mistake or sign of something nefarious, the idea that a company spends money on advertising just to throw money into the void and see no return is a bit silly 😅. The hope is that some subset of folks advertised to join their service, and some subset of those pay money for it. If they don’t make more money from gained paying customers than the ammount they spent on advertising then it was an objectively incorrect business choice…