Andy Yen's values are incompatible with Proton's mission. He advocates for poor security practices, supports fascists, and he verbally abuses his subordinates. As such, I can no longer in good conscience continue to financially support a company with such terrible leadership.
Unfortunately for me, my subscription just renewed last month on a multi year plan, but it does give me time to browse for and experiment with alternatives.
If you're able, I encourage you to do the same and cite Andy Yen as the driving factor for your decision. We can't let these tech bro fascists destroy what little semblance of privacy we have left.
When people show you who they are, listen.
There was a lot of copium flying around after the first red flag. I told people then, best case scenario is he's a naive idiot to think a Trump cabinet pick is good for anyone other than Trump and his cronies. Worst case scenario he was trying to cosy up to an anti-dempcratic fascist.
Here we are with red flag 2. How many people are going to keep injecting that copium? Or are we finally listening to the man when he tries to show us who he is?
Emphasis: listen the first time.
And this is red flag number 3. Don't forget about Proton sponsoring fascist Youtubers.