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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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[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 14 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 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!

[–] ProfessorHoover@infosec.pub 1 points 40 minutes ago

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

[–] Reygle@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago
[–] bold_omi@lemmy.today 4 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 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.