Hah, good call out!
this post was submitted on 14 Apr 2026
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Hasn't Proton claimed they were actively working on Drive for linux for years now? And this job posting says, "from scratch" WTF?
Yes, they have claimed that.
Best case, this is an admission that their previous attempts were so terrible, that they're throwing it out and starting from scratch.
More likely they will just say "we were developing the API to simplify the development of a native Linux app"
Have they claimed that? All I can see is that they were looking into options of how to fund it, and then a few months ago they announced the SDK which will be its foundation.
Last I remember they had said over and over that they were not working on it because their only Linux team was focused on Proton VPN, it seemed to be excuse after excuse for years.
No we'll still complain. I have 6 terabytes of storage on my plan and its all cryogenic storage, I have to use filen or others cause of how bad proton is through the web app and android apps.
Finally!