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Why is there no FOSS build of ProtonVPN published on Github?

Open ghost opened this issue 1 year ago • 1 comments

We are happy to answer your questions about the code or discuss technical ideas.

Currently only FOSS builds of ProtonVPN are available on F-Droid but this is not ideal for people who would prefer to get builds of apps directly from the developers, like through Github.

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ghost avatar Aug 30 '24 15:08 ghost

They don't provide any FOSS build themselves, they uploaded the app on F-Droid and F-Droid is forced to remove the non-free dependencies as it's against their policies. Proton is slowly becoming like the GAFAM. And now there is also some sneaky spyware in the app: #176

IsHacker003 avatar Nov 18 '25 13:11 IsHacker003