May 20, 2026
Swiss Miss? More like Swiss Lock
Infomaniak transitions to a foundation model to protect user data privacy
Fans cheer the privacy lock-in, critics drag the clunky app and "important" email drama
TLDR: Infomaniak gave permanent control to a Swiss foundation so the company can’t easily be bought and says that helps protect user privacy for the long haul. Commenters mostly applauded the move, but some roasted the clunky interface and one got spectacularly annoyed at an email calling itself “important.”
Infomaniak just made a big, permanent power move: its founder handed majority voting control to a Swiss public-interest foundation, basically trying to make sure the company can’t be bought, flipped, or pushed away from its privacy-first image. In plain English, the company is saying: your data stays under Swiss control, and no random investor gets to rewrite the rules later. That’s a huge promise in a moment when many people are nervous about big tech, artificial intelligence, and foreign pressure over private information.
But the real action was in the comments, where the crowd split into cheers, eye-rolls, and petty-but-relatable product gripes. One happy customer said fleeing Gandi for Infomaniak after a takeover disaster made this news feel like sweet vindication, calling Gandi a “full shit hole” and praising Infomaniak’s support team. Another user said moving away from US-based services made this foundation move feel even more reassuring. That’s the love story.
Then came the drama. One commenter was weirdly, hilariously furious about the email subject line — “An (important) message” — calling it disrespectful because, in their view, customers didn’t need to read it right now at all. Others were less worried about ownership philosophy and more about everyday pain: one person groaned that the management screen is “just... horrible?” while another threw shade at company blogs for refusing to link to their own product pages. So yes, the crowd likes the anti-takeover fortress. They’d just also like a better menu bar.
Key Points
- •On 13 May 2026, Infomaniak founder Boris Siegenthaler transferred the majority of the company’s voting rights to the Swiss public-interest Infomaniak Foundation.
- •The company says the move is irrevocable and prevents any takeover of Infomaniak without the Foundation’s approval.
- •Infomaniak says its earlier succession model involved 36 employee-shareholders who together held 25% of the capital, but that structure was considered financially and succession-wise fragile.
- •The Foundation holds special shares in Infomaniak Group SA that provide permanent blocking power and cannot be transferred.
- •According to the article, the Foundation also has a public-interest mission funded by up to 5% of Infomaniak’s annual profit, supporting projects in digital sovereignty, ethical technology, environment and biodiversity, and energy transition.