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		dvdkon on March 9, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Proton Technologies awarded €2M from the EU The EU already invests in closed-source software with grants. I don't like it, but there are worse choices than ProtonMail.

tonyedgecombe on March 9, 2019 [–]

I'm not sure it's a good idea, I've seen some other software companies they support and concluded it was a gravy train for those businesses.

If they are worried about the dominance of Google et all then they could look at taxes and regulatory changes to shift the balance.

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