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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.

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[–] Reygle@lemmy.world 44 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

Does this count or is was this too aggressive? I've been known to be a little too angry when it comes to things like this.

[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 9 points 10 hours ago

It feels pretty balanced, to me. Nicely done.

[–] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 23 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

On line 4 you opened quotation marks at '"re-interviewing' but never closed them. For that reason, I am afraid it is a failure and must be re-written.

[–] Reygle@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago
[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 16 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (3 children)

If anything, it's not aggressive enough! Everyone is so apathetic about everything compared to 20-30 years ago. Between the rise of Fascism and the cost of living, life has never been shitter yet no one seems to give a fuck. Why aren't we rioting and revolting until shit stops sucking so god damn much!? Where is everyone's passion!?

I've been on this planet for four decades. It used to not be this way! People used to care! Now it seems like all of society has become emotional zombies, and if you dare to step out of line and speak up about some injustice, you get labeled as "crashing out". It's such fucking bullshit! I'm not crashing out; I'm pissed the fuck off that the world is run by evil men and no one is doing anything about it!

[–] Reygle@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago
[–] bold_omi@lemmy.today 5 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

I agree. However, I think the best ways to fix Proton are to send endless complaints until Yen is removed or to establish better competition with stronger morals.

[–] ProfessorHoover@infosec.pub 0 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

You're mad as hell and you're not going to take it anymore!

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

See? This is what I mean! People like you are part of the problem. Nobody takes this shit seriously. You just mock me when I get mad for a valid reason. I really hate how apathetic everyone is compared to 20-30 years ago. All you care about is being clever and funny enough to get upvotes while the world burns. It's fucking pathetic.