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Proton removed post on UserVoice calling for Andy Yen to step down (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by akilou@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Protonmail.uservoice.com is supposedly "The Voice of the Proton Community". Well last week I was tracking a post that was rising rapidly to the top-most voted in the "general ideas" category. And this morning when I went to check if it was at the top yet, it's just gone without a trace. No sign that it was ever there.

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[–] Wimster@lemmy.wtf 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm a Proton user too and I use all the available tools/services. It was a hard job to switch from Google to Proton, now it looks like I'm fcked again. So I don't know where I can go to receive the same kind of tools + where ethics still mean something.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

So I don't know where I can go to receive the same kind of tools + where ethics still mean something.

People have been posting alternatives the past 2 weeks

[–] Bobknock@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Hard to find one that formally states having a hipaa compliant option

[–] akilou@sh.itjust.works -1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yes, but switching to an alternative is not a solution. For all you know, you'll be switching again in 6 months when the alternative does something shitty

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yes, but switching to an alternative is not a solution

Then what is a solution?

You're the one who asked where you could go that has ethical business practices.

Your best bet is to migrate away from scumny companies to a medley of services while deliberately not fully committing to an ecosystem in order to minimize the disruption when one also goes bad. Alternatively, you can self host. Those really are the only 2 answers to your original question

[–] akilou@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 days ago

You're the one who asked where you could go that has ethical business practices.

No I didn't