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.
Literally any centralized service that advertises privacy is either a honeypot or it's going to become one eventually, as soon as the feds knock on the door of whoever hosts it.
Italy had Autistici/Inventati and Trump decided to declare them a terrorist organization and to threaten debanking. That's what happens to anyone who doesn't comply with the surveillance state. And apparently Trump has extrajudicial power over vassal states because why not? The entire world is a LARP. People have morals and values and ethics right up until Visa and Mastercard say "no"; then they're revealed for who they always were..