When called out on it, they then doubled down on this dogshit take: https://archive.ph/quYyb
Fucking pathetic
this post was submitted on 15 Jan 2025
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Little guys? Like Coca Cola?
Well I no longer will be recommending proton to people. Can't trust anyone this stupid with privacy.
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I can deal with Andy Yen being a dumbass in his own time, but the official Proton reddit account doubling down on this shit is over the line for me.
I literally just renewed for 2 years a couple days ago. I will be looking for alternatives and hopefully I can get a partial refund or something.
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I hope you all see thru Trump's Big Tech bullshit. It's not to reign them in to make America competitive - or whatever other horseshit he spews out of that asshole he calls a mouth. It's to get rid of the others so that he controls and censors the fuck out of the only avenue of social communication like his handlers.
People forget that the current antitrust actions against Big Tech were started under the first Trump admin.
So shut the fuck up Andy, you're out of your element.
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Mentioning that Democrats are trash on dealing with corporations is just fine. Good, even.
Lying through your god damn teeth that Republicans are going to do anything other than lie to gain more leverage for their jihad to fuck over their fellow man is delusional at best.
Oh Andy, the Republicans won't think of you as "one of the good ones" and protect you from their white America policies.
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Getting real fuckin tired of having to always find 'alternatives'. Can't yall rich bastards just stop being weird and be content with making good products. Just cause you have money, doesn't mean you need to have a public opinion on anything, ever
This is what I feel is the core problem of out-of-bounds capitalism today. 50-80 years ago there were fabulously wealthy people as well, but they were taxed out the wazoo and were still fabulously wealthy. And even though every corporation's goal is, and always has been, to make profit, it feels as if it's gone from "profit" to "maximum possible profit at ALL costs, including the damnation of life on the planet".
We have plenty of examples of hypercapitalism destroying us in fiction (cyberpunk etc.) but our current reality is really really close to that hellscape. In some ways it's actually worse because of the insidiousness and banality of the evil that lords over us daily.
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Well thats a fuckin shame.
Good to know. Bye Proton.
Just canceled my subscription and let them know in the comments it was because of this.
I did the same. Also mailed them asking to cancel my account and refunding me the remaing balance.
It's a shame. As soon as my current VPN ran out, I was going to give them some money. I guess he should have kept his MAGA thoughts to himself.
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🤦 Can we get this in actual text or maybe a cool link to the actual content for those of us who need it for accessibility & the rest of us who don't like trying to read pixelated garbage? Screenshots of text are such a scourge. 😭
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Maybe he hit his head or has been replaced by bizarro Andy yen. In any case I can't believe he would do this to his own company. I started to give him the benefit of the doubt until he updated his statement saying that JD Vance cares about privacy and antitrust... I was like bro okay in done.
I use Proton mail, any recommendations for alternatives?
I'll add another rec for posteo.de, I've used it for about a year and been very happy with it.
If encryption is a must, then use Tuta. German company, privacy focused, open source all around, no surveillance, free tier with encryption available, encrypted calendars, accessible paid subscriptions with actually useful services.
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I'd like to know what maga is going to do for the little guy besides more grifting.
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Here is our official response [...] the reality is that Republicans remain more likely to tackle Big Tech abuses.
lol
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If there's a way for the rest of Proton to force him out, now would be a good time to save face.
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