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submitted 3 days ago by otter@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world

It says that "100% of the proceeds will be donated" and I recognize a few projects in their list that are worth supporting. While this still feels a bit like an ad, I thought it was newsworthy + something that the Fediverse would be supportive of?

Please share if you see any issues with this, and I can edit it into this post (or take down the post).

Full details on the link in the post, summary:

Join our charity fundraiser before it ends on January 5th

Since 2018, with support from the Proton community, we have financially supported non-profit organizations that share this vision, donating over $3 million to fuel a growing movement for a better internet. For this year’s fundraiser, we’re giving away 10 Proton Lifetime accounts, our most exclusive plan that gives you the most storage and all the features of all our current and future products, forever.

Starting today, you can enter the raffle to win a Lifetime plan. 100% of the proceeds will be donated, along with a $150,000 matching contribution from Proton. Raffle tickets are on sale from now until January 5 at 11:59 PM CET. We’ll announce the winners the following day.

Recipient details:

A portion of the funds will also go to a few organizations from past years, such as Tor, GrapheneOS, and others, as many nonprofits have seen drops in donations and are struggling to reach their budget goals.

this year’s recipients:

  • Freedom House
  • Free Software Foundation Europe
  • Law for Change
  • Ada Lovelace Institute
  • Nothing2Hide
  • Free Press Unlimited
  • The Tech Oversight Project
  • Open Data Institute
  • OpenStreetMap
  • Ladybird
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[-] pcr3@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

I'm in for one ticket.

[-] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 2 points 3 days ago

Thanks, bought a few too

[-] lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org -3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I find it sus that they say 100% of the proceedings will be donated. I'm wondering if a fair part of this is an attempt to clear their image after they delivered environmental activists over to monarchical and corporate interests in the EU.

[-] mholiv@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

I think you need to relax a little here. Proton is a literal privacy focused non profit that follows the laws of where they are based. You can’t get much better than that.

Even in an ideal post scarcity would a non profit privacy focused organization that follows the laws of where it’s based is pretty ideal.

[-] Rookwood@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

They literally gave over user information. That is what literal means. What their marketing claims is not literal.

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