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dub3's pixel tribute to Proton Mail in 2014: a Modern-era webmail service
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2014 page

dub3 card · proton.me/mail

Proton Mail (2014)

Now with 40% more bandwidth.

Cost
4 RAM
Power
7
Rarity
Rare
Family
Tech
Era
Modern (2009 on)
Collection
The Long Tail

What it does

On reveal: A random card in your hand costs 1 less.

On reveal happens once, when the card flips.

It costs 4 RAM to play and brings 7 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.

Tech cards bend the rules: more RAM, cheaper cards and patches that weaken the other side.

The site, in 2014

An end-to-end encrypted email service based in Geneva, Switzerland, run by Proton AG.

Andy Yen, Jason Stockman and Wei Sun launched it in public beta in May 2014, funded by a crowdfunding campaign. Signing up needed an invitation until 2016, and Proton counted 100 million accounts by April 2023.

Modern era, 2009 on. Phones, feeds and cookie banners. The web got fast, flat and very sure about notifications.

The Long Tail: The niche, the local and the specialist. Most of the web, really.

Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2014 page.

Put it on your site

Run Proton Mail, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 1999. Paste this into your page:

Proton Mail is a dub3 card

In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 2014, then plays a short scene. Want Proton Mail in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.