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Encrypted email service Skiff gets acquired, will shut down in six months (arstechnica.com)

submitted 9 months ago by einat2346 to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 22 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Until Proton gets acquired too.

[–] vladmech@lemmy.world 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Hopefully doesn’t happen but we’ll see!

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's a startup that was financed by a Swiss startup fund. I don't know if the founders are really that idealistic as to say no to a bunch of millions, but even if they are it may be out of their hands. If a buyer with the right price comes along I think it's going to happen.

[–] smcool@feddit.de 16 points 9 months ago

Proton is 10 years old, so it's hardly a startup anymore. It was crowdfunded and is mostly led/owned by cern scientists (inventors of the www) and also financed/owned by a swiss non profit focused on helping startups, which in turn is financed by the swiss government (geneva to be exact)

Skiff was founded in the US by americans.

Do you see the difference?

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

You can say that about literally anything.

[–] topsecret@feddit.uk 5 points 9 months ago

I don't see how GnuPG can be acquired

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Well not everything, we're talking about encrypted mail services. Skiff being acquired proves that there's a market for buying and selling such a thing. And if someone's interested then Proton should be an even more attractive target (albeit more expensive):

It's a startup, so it will look for an exit at some point. It has built a large user base and good word of mouth. It's currently working on locking down the ability to take your mail elsewhere.

It's ripe for plucking and squeezing and it will happen sometime this year IMO.