Technology

The desktop is worth more because of the assumption that you’re a corporate buyer at work.

The choice to force you into an app has nothing to do with this at all

Phones have wider reach. There's more people doomscrolling on their phones on Instagram, Facebook and reddit, than there are on desktop. It's a numbers game.

Also their "e2e" is only in the browser, which is only e2e if they don't get a warrant, at which point it's trivial for them to get your browser to decrypt everything for them.

I wouldn't mind Proton if:

1. Their fans weren't so annoying
2. They didn't market themselves as more secure than they are

But then how is your child going to get TigerNinja58@proton.me if you dont reserve their right to the shameful first email address??

No. It means an ad pops up and Google knows enough about you individually to say, “that was an extremely high value ad placement. That person was in your target demographic, has a history of similar purchases, and was actively searching for keywords you rank highly. Because of that, we’re going to charge you more for having placed your ad there rather than anyone else’s. Same if they click the ad.”

You just need to see the ad for the ad network to make money off it.