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by akerro 3291 days ago
ProtonMail is doing what I expected Mozilla would do. I expected Mozilla to promote online privacy with their browser and Tor nodes and more...
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Mozilla's made a couple of bet-the-company decisions in the last couple years, including Firefox OS and the phone. Given the results of those, it's a miracle of luck and effective management that they're still in business.

But that would be another bet-the-company prospect, and I don't see them likely to try that for a couple years.

Their non-profit model probably helped.