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Windscribe: Proton VPN got caught running secret price tests on users, then denied it. Their own code revealed the opposite
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piefed.world/post/1323233posted in Technology
Windscribe: Proton VPN got caught running secret price tests on users, then denied it. Their own code revealed the opposite
Note: I couldn’t crosspost as the automod would remove it.
piefed.world/post/1323233Replying to @beep@piefed.world
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.
Replying to @WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world
… what are you talking about?
Windscribe does have a free option.
???
I have never given them any money or CC or bank info or anything, and use them semi-regularly.
Yep, they’re 5 eyes, that’s far from great.
But… they do have a free option.