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Wasn’t Proton’s CEO in some hot water a year or so ago, or was that a bunch of hooey? I know it’s impossible to find an ethical CEO, but just curious.
…sure I could look it up, but my phone battery sucks and it helps boost activity.
https://theintercept.com/2025/01/28/proton-mail-andy-yen-trump-republicans/
https://medium.com/@ovenplayer/does-proton-really-support-trump-a-deeper-analysis-and-surprising-findings-aed4fee4305e
I use Proton. but I find it suss how they are trying to do it all, so I don't use most of their products
proton = poogle (purple google) plus they are an ai company.
he is a trump fan, not sure of other ethical issues, at least for the ceo himself.
They made a very naive comment suggesting a authoritarian regime supports privacy
And doubled down then changed their comments as if the way back machine doesn't exist in order to backtrack without having to admit they were wrong.
Technically it is true, it makes easier to spread their propaganda in other countries by using bots.
So some of anti-age verification agenda is generated by russia and china etc. to make easier to create bot accounts.
He made a couple of supportive tweets about a Trump anti-trust appointment (who was later fired by Trump) and the Republican Party that offended some people, mainly the American left. People seem to forget that he is not American, nor is Proton an American company, so none of this actually means anything. He cannot vote, he and his company do not fund the American right in any way and he is not someone with a huge online presence, so it's unlikely he has much influence.
More recently a far right influencer in France signed up for Proton's affiliate program and promoted Proton on his channel, which led to some misleading claims about Proton "funding Nazis". Proton immediately removed him from the affiliate program upon being notified of this and apologised for what it claims was an oversight.
Personally I'm very sick of the purity tests and cancel culture on the left and wish people would slow down a bit and really consider whether these "controversies" are actually worth burning it all down for. Proton provides mainstream, easy to use alternatives to big tech and is better existing than not. Its VPN is also one of the few that retains port forwarding, which can be useful for piracy. After the attempts to cancel Proton, the left hard shilled for Mullvad and now it turns out that's objectively worse in terms of its political influencing. Mullvad is another company that does more good in the world than bad, are we going to cancel it too?
"Why do Americans care if Ford supports Hitler, he's not even German!"
Interesting combination of lies and unironic use of "cancel culture" in the rest of the nonsense btw.
You guys don't even bother pretending to be sane these days. It's just mask off from the first reply with the Hitler comparisons that used to be considered a joke in more normal times.
This dumbass is literally looking at CEOs outright supporting fascism and ethnic cleansing in a privacy sub and asking why people are bringing up the Nazis.
Btw, dumbfuck, Godwin had an interview where he tried to point out to people like you that the "Law" isn't meant to stop people from accurately describing loud and proud fascists.
??????????
You don't need to belabor your complete lack of understanding, believe me, I'm aware.
you keep referring to "the left" which means you are on "the right" so...
Joined 28 days ago, entire comment history is anti-Proton disinformation and shilling for competitors. Fascinating.
Joined who cares how long ago, that comment is 100% fabricated. Not fascinating. Welcome to the internet.