Unnecessary and deeply concerning bow to the new “king”

  • lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de
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    5 months ago

    Oh FFS, and here I was recently considering switching to ProtonMail… fuck the fuck off.

    Dear CEOs: if you’re eager to suck dick, I’m sure you can find someone better than authoritarian shitheads. Have some fucking standards.

  • Rentlar@lemmy.ca
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    5 months ago

    Biden’s pick Lina Khan deserves all the credit for aggressively prosecuting anti-competitive practices. However, Gina Slater looks like someone capable of continuing that work and a legitimate admirer of Lina Khan. Yes there are ties to Vance and the FTC office is likely to end up beholden to the egomaniac in chief. So the whole “little man” thing aside (that’s baloney), that’s one person that’s not a shit stain out of all the shit stains.

    Look Lemmy, you’re welcome to choose what you want in your life and what you don’t. But being too rigid with letting stupid opinions of a project’s founder will cause you to reject everything and miss the big-picture benefits of having such a project exist. If you look at this Lemmy development co-leader’s opinions on transgenderism, are you going to stop using this software that lets you converse on an LGBTQ+ safe-space instance with no involvement on a social level from said developer/founder?

    • renzev@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 months ago

      But being too rigid with letting stupid opinions of a project’s founder cause you to reject everything, would have you miss the big-picture benefits of having such a project exist

      That’s the truth. The reason online “communities” constantly argue and never get anything done is because everyone is focused on not doing the wrong things that they forget about doing the right things. A while ago I saw a post making fun of some chuds who compiled a list of “woke” video games that they wanted to boycott. The people in this thread deciding to leave proton because its ceo said something positive about trump once don’t strike me as much different.

  • egerlach@lemmy.ca
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    5 months ago

    The official @protonprivacy@mastodon.social account replied and doubled down

    protonprivacy@mastodon.social - @jonah

    Corporate capture of Dems is real. In 2022, we campaigned extensively in the US for anti-trust legislation.

    Two bills were ready, with bipartisan support. Chuck Schumer (who coincidently has two daughters working as big tech lobbyists) refused to bring the bills for a vote.

    At a 2024 event covering antitrust remedies, out of all the invited senators, just a single one showed up - JD Vance.

    1/2

    protonprivacy@mastodon.social - @jonah By working on the front lines of many policy issues, we have seen the shift between Dems and Republicans over the past decade first hand.

    Dems had a choice between the progressive wing (Bernie Sanders, etc), versus corporate Dems, but in the end money won and constituents lost.

    Until corporate Dems are thrown out, the reality is that Republicans remain more likely to tackle Big Tech abuses.

    2/2

    (Less importantly, my response)

  • jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de
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    5 months ago

    Is this the same as, “fuck standards, pay for a walled garden, and promote crypto-scams” proton? I’m shocked 😮

  • Anna@lemmy.ml
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    5 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

  • Rogue@feddit.uk
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    5 months ago

    Does anyone have links to the dumpster fire of a reddit thread in one or the Proton subs? There was also one of r/privacy but I can’t find either so suspect they’ve been deleted to try to quell the flames.

    It was very entertaining drama

  • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Yes I’m sure he’ll crack down hard on all the tech companies that are giving him millions of dollars and kissing his feet…

    What a moron.

  • HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com
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    5 months ago

    say what you will about trump. sure hes a small pathetic man. sure he is under musk and putin, but there are people under him. He may be a sycophant but he is the head sycophant.

  • DegenerationIP@lemmy.world
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    5 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.

  • Ballissle@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Ffs. I just switched a ton of stuff over to proton. Hopefully this is an individuals view and not that of the company as a whole.

      • frozenspinach@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        5 months ago

        It was intended to kind of be my new primary universe for personal communications, leaving behind Google for work/biz.

        But… maybe the water is warmer at Tutanota?

        • Ballissle@lemmy.zipEnglish
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          5 months ago

          I was considering tutanota but it felt too small and lacking some features that proton seemed better for. I may look at it again.

          I cannot move from simple login though. I bought a lifetime plan which also includes proton pass and i use simple login extensively now.

          I do use a custom domain but not for most things which i use simple login domains. My custom domain uses my full name and i dont want that associated with some random newsletter or game company etc. But important services are on my custom domain so not the end of the world and can change them all. I dont know who could replace simple login though.