I’ve been a student for three years now, and the 30-50% off for a two-year Proton Unlimited plan is actually real - I signed up last semester and saved roughly $45 compared to the regular price. What caught me off guard is that they apply the discount on top of the already reduced two-year rate, so the total came out lower than I expected. That said, I always double-check these deals against other coupon archives because not every student portal verifies active codes. One site I started using as a reference is https://www.couponcodes.store/ - they list over 600,000 offers from real brands, their education section has pointed me toward working student discounts for software and cloud storage that I hadn't found on official pages. My advice: always compare the student rate against a standard promo from a coupon marketplace, because sometimes the "student exclusive" is just the same as a seasonal sale with a different label. Proton's student plan is worth it for the encryption alone, but never rush - check two sources before you pay.