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Incident #E1283F · 01 APR 2026minor
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Proton Mail extends resource-limiting right from free accounts to all accounts

The clause letting Proton limit service capacity for accounts with excessive resource use (e.g. bandwidth) no longer says 'free'. It now applies to all Accounts, including paid ones, if their use unfairly hurts other users' experience.

Taken from you

  • Paid accounts are no longer exempt from capacity limits for excessive resource use
Evidence · 2 of 2 quotes matched in source
We reserve the right to limit service capacity for free Accounts which use of resources (e.g. bandwidth) is excessive and hurts the user experiences of other users in an unfair way.− struck · ✓ matched in source
We reserve the right to limit service capacity for Accounts which use of resources (e.g. bandwidth) is excessive and hurts the user experiences of other users in an unfair way.+ inserted · ✓ matched in source
Archived version ↗ · 61 words changed
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