from the team:

Hi everyone,

We launched the Proton family plan over a year ago. Since then, many of you have asked for a more affordable option. Today, we are excited to introduce Proton Duo, our new plan designed to make online privacy more accessible.

You might consider safeguarding online privacy a personal duty, but what about your loved ones? If your partner still depends on Big Tech for their emails, documents, or photos, their sensitive information remains at risk.

For a limited time only, we are offering Proton Duo for $14.99/month with a one-year plan: that’s $60 in annual savings. This is a forever discount, so if you sign up for the promotion, you’ll keep this price forever.

Proton Duo includes:

  • 2 users with separate logins
  • 1 TB of storage to share + 15 GB of bonus storage every year
  • Full access to Proton Mail, Proton Drive, Proton Calendar, Proton Pass, and Proton VPN
  • Everything included in Proton Unlimited ($60 yearly savings compared to two separate subscriptions).

How to get started

  • Sign up for Proton Duo or upgrade your existing plan.
  • If your family member doesn’t already have a Proton account, they can create one for free.
  • Invite your family member to your Proton Duo plan.

Use our Easy Switch tool to move your emails, calendars, and contacts from other providers to Proton in just a few clicks. Whether you’re already using Proton or new to our community, Proton Duo makes it easier than ever to protect what matters most.

→ Learn more about Proton Duo: https://proton.me/blog/proton-duo

At Proton, we’re on a mission to improve everyone’s privacy on the internet. By choosing Proton, you’re taking a stand for privacy—not just for yourself but also for your loved ones.

We’d love to hear your thoughts!

The Proton Team

    • LucidNightmare@lemm.eeEnglish
      01·
      3 months ago

      I pay for proton mail and I’m so sick of every company trying to do this stupid fucking pricing plan. I don’t understand why they can charge 19.99 for the same service BUT if I pay upfront for an entire year or two, you get a discount. It’s not a limited fucking supply, my guys!

      No thanks, chief. There are way too many things going on in this life to hand you that amount of money upfront. It just makes me look at those ridiculous prices and wonder why I just cant give you fucking 11.99 a month!

      What. The. Fuck.

      • akilou@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        3 months ago

        Money now is worth more than the same amount of money later. There’d rather get paid up front. Plus it locks you in rather than risking you dropping off after a couple of months

      • MacFearrs@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        2·
        3 months ago

        It’s to do with having a consistent income for them. Taking a hit to monthly costs is potentially worth it if you can guarantee the income for a period of time. It’s the same reason why regular savings accounts have higher interests than a standard account.

      • a9cx34udP4ZZ0@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        3 months ago

        Welcome to literally everything? It’s called volume-based discount. Just like if you buy a box of cookies from the grocery store, you’ll pay a fuckton more than if you buy a pallet of cookies from the exact same company.

        • LucidNightmare@lemm.eeEnglish
          02·
          3 months ago

          Ah, yes. Comparing a digital asset that is infinite, to a product that is physical and finite.

          Try harder.

          • a9cx34udP4ZZ0@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            3 months ago

            Yes, because the infrastructure that Proton hosts their service on is “infinite”. Everyone knows that Amazon charges the same price to reserve one instance of EC2 as they charge for reserving 10,000.

            What exactly do you think the “cloud” is composed of? Fairy dust? It’s composed of all sorts of finite things - servers, storage, networking, electricity, etc. etc. etc.

            • LucidNightmare@lemm.eeEnglish
              02·
              3 months ago

              Do you really think I’m fucking stupid?

              So, you just said that they charge for ONE instance, the same amount they charge for 10,000. How is it they can charge the same amount without applying your little bulk buy analogy???

              So, why does the same not apply to Proton? Proton can charge the lower amount, as they should, and win by acquiring more subscriptions and more consistent revenue because more people will find it worth the fucking price.

              Try harder.

  • asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.worldEnglish
    352·
    3 months ago

    The main thing keeping my partner from leaving Big Tech services is that Proton Calendar and other basic functionality sucks balls. The pricing plan is great but for the love of God, fix the basics and stop with all the new nonsense like AI and crypto.

    • prwnr@programming.devEnglish
      5·
      3 months ago

      yeah, same thing here. like, how can I explain my wife that is less technical than me, that “hey, this Proton service is great for privacy and all, but you won’t have Calendar widgets and notifications when I add stuff to our shared calendars”, and she will be like “why?” and I will be doomed. I can accept those things, cause I care more about privacy, but she doesn’t and she prefers functionality over that

      • MajorHavoc@programming.devEnglish
        1·
        3 months ago

        Yep.

        won’t have Calendar notifications when I add stuff to our shared calendars

        Is why I left the wider Proton ecosystem. I want to come back, but I’m waiting to hear that it’s fixed.

  • WxFisch@lemmy.worldEnglish
    19·
    3 months ago

    This is great, I haven’t checked yet but I assume we can convert a family plan with only two users to a duo plan?1

    • seathru@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      15·
      3 months ago

      In the past I’ve been able to switch around no problem and it automatically credits you for any time left on that plan.

    • Nelizea@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
      7·
      3 months ago

      Yes, as long as you’'re not above the Duo plan limitations (e.g storage or custom domains)

      • WxFisch@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        3 months ago

        I’m not seeing the option in the UI to switch plans, I only have one custom domain and am well under the storage limits. I put in a help request since it seems like this may be just a me thing. Thanks!

        • jgkawell@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          3 months ago

          If you click the switch plan link in the blog post it’ll let you change. That’s what I had to do.

  • femtech@midwest.socialEnglish
    4·
    3 months ago

    I was looking at getting away from google but just me and my sister it was expensive. This could be good.

  • geography082@lemm.eeEnglish
    31·
    3 months ago

    Still very expensive. And the marketing of one year subscription , two years bla is even worst and makes feel untrust . Companies still dont get it.

    • phoneymouse@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      The problem is they think they’re selling you all their services, but in practice you’re probably using 2-3 of them.