Non-profits make profit all the time. The key difference between a for-profit and a non-profit is that a for-profit company takes that money and gives it to its owners, and a non-profit is legally required to reinvest that money in its organization or missions.

Of course, non-profits can also do shitty things like nepo hires with vastly inflated salaries, throw parties and extravagant galas for "fundraising" and spent almost nothing on the charity aspect.

This is why lots of rich fucks setup their own "philanthropy" organizations. They can dump their wealth into tax free and pay themselves and their heirs ungodly sums while paying for villas/jets/etc from the untaxed non-profit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Switzerland is not the us though

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

Correct? Those two are indeed separate countries with separate laws.

My explanation of the above was just a general breakdown about how nonprofit and for-profits differ. It was certainly US centric, if that's your critique.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How about you go read about the foundation before making any judgements.

https://proton.me/foundation

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm well aware of the foundation, and the fact that they have left him on the board with zero consequences or controls.

Stating your ethics and then not enforcing them makes the statement pointless.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (2 children)

If your want to be hard headed about this, that's your problem.

Yan isn't the only guy on the board of directors. The others are pretty fucking credible and knowledgeable people on the topic of privacy. They all make the decisions togetherness. And im pretty certain they'll have the last word and steer Proton in the right direction.

And again, no, it's not because they have a free tier that they'll collect and sell your private information. That goes against the core value of Proton and its directors.

[–] Valmond 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Is it only me or is there some bandwagon effect on Proton hate these days?

I get it that everyone, me included, thought that sucking up to donald is a shit move, but that's about it. Proton is good.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

Totally. People are exaggerating. Proton really is a good service and the only real answer to Google where you have everything under one account.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

"State your ethics and then stand by them" is being hard headed?

When the above is a bar too high for you to reach, that's a you problem, mate.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

You said

Stating your ethics and then not enforcing them makes the statement pointless.

Explain to me what ethics did they not enforce?

Hint: none.