My proton subscription just auto-renewed for the year which sucks but I guess I have a year to migrate somewhere less shit
Unfortunately it’s a weak fine by design. If anyone’s read Careless People about the Facebook whistleblower, there’s a whole section on the former Irish Taoiseach explaining to Zuckerberg that anything from the DPC will just be a slap on the wrist. The Irish economy relies on big tech companies basing their European operations here so the Irish government will never issue a truly punishing fine.
Thanks, I’ve just emailed them there to see if I can get it cancelled and refunded from a month from now, just to have a few weeks to migrate. Now it’s just a case of looking for alternatives which’ll be a pain cause I naively put all my eggs in Proton’s basket…