Unnecessary and deeply concerning bow to the new “king”

  • theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Well shit, I was about to make the switch to Proton for email… glad I’ve been lazy about it, now. I’ll figure something else out, mail-in-a-box looks like what I really want anyway

  • merde alors@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    the rich got so unbelievably rich and the poor became so insignificant / invisible that these few people in the middle think they’re the “little guys”

    wake the fuck up

  • lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    3 months ago

    One thing that this entire situation has done for me is to make me feel more justified in my posture of never paying a subscription for an online service if I can avoid it. So far I’m using Proton stuff for the free tier only, so I can have some degree of relaxation in evaluating any alternatives withotu also having to worry about banking stuff.

  • Hellfire103@lemmy.caEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Glad I changed my stack over a few months ago:

    • Proton Mail → Posteo
    • Proton VPN → Mullvad VPN
    • Proton Drive → Syncthing

    I’d also recommend KeePassXC in place of Proton Pass, and Cake Wallet in place of Proton Wallet. However, these were both Proton services I never used anyway.

    • enbyecho@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Long time Posteo user. It’s pretty basic but works great, is reliable and is very cheap. Only downside is they don’t support using it with your own domain.

  • NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone
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    3 months ago

    It’d actually be super useful if all of the VPN CEOs publicly stated which authoritarian leaders they are a fan of, so that consumers can make an informed choice on how easily they’ll sell you out to the security apparatus of your country.

  • Anna@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    OK let me add fuel to the fire. here in Andy’s response he says the tweet was from last year which is technically true but it was from December 2024.

    Also how can he think that Trump stands for little guys when he has elon musk as his pet monkey

  • SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Large corporations like google have grown and thrived in Silicon Valley, supported by the politicians of California. So by extension they are partially responsible for enabling these companies to be the giants they are.

    According to this article Google has funded 40 elected officials and spent $10.7 million in lobbying California’s legislature and Governor this year alone.

    If a president (even a shitty one) was considering putting a damper on companies like google, I would not be against that. We’ll see if anything actually happens.

    I’m not ditching Proton over one fucking tweet

  • Red_October@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    It’s almost understandable to bend the knee in the hopes of avoiding the coming purges, but this goes well beyond just seeking corporate survival. Genuinely disgusting. It looks like the way forward for Proton will be lit by the bridges they’re burning.

      • frozenspinach@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        3 months ago

        It’s so all over the map, what does or doesn’t count as toughness. That criteria rewrites itself in real time like the plot of a dream.

        Avoiding or ignoring questions I would have thought is weakness. Letting covid sweep the country. Falling behind China and India with a weaker labor force. Being ready to surrender to Russia. Being unable to confront the truth that you lost an election.

        Any number of mixed and matched definitions could include or exclude those from operative definitions of toughness/weakness without any more or less rhyme or reason.

  • DegenerationIP@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    What is a good alternative for Mail? I’m mostly for Proton because of Data security and Mail aliases. But this move is actually concerning.

    Yes, I know the background behind it.