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[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 43 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Idgaf about them using AI per se. It is out of the bag, and it ain't going back in unless everyone throws a revolution to kill the people in charge and destroy every bit of knowledge on how to create it again. That just isn't happening. And it is possible for good humans to use the technology to craft good programming.

What I do gaf about is the people in charge of proton being assholes, treatingboth their employees and customers like shit, and not even trying to hide their contempt.

[–] emmy5482@quokk.au 22 points 20 hours ago (12 children)

I guess there's already dogshit all over the floor. It's out of the dog so it's not going back in. Guess we leave it how it is.

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[–] Decq@lemmy.world 20 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

I don't understand why this is a surprise to people? Didn't they openly support Trump? So the CEO is clearly lacking in the upstairs department. That was enough for me to never deal with them ever.

[–] pmk@piefed.ca 22 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (3 children)

He supported Gail Slater, who has a track record of trying to break up big-tech monopolies. She was appointed by Trump. And he pointed out that the Democrats could have tried too, but when they were in power they didn't. Of course, when she actually tried to break up big-tech she was stopped, got into a fight with Pam Bondi, and quit her job in protest.

[–] XLE@piefed.social 11 points 19 hours ago

No, Andy Yen supported the entire Republican party, including praising JD Vance in particular.

And he used the official Proton Team account across multiple platforms to relay this information to people.

[–] BrilliantBadger@piefed.ca 14 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

He also posted that repbulicans stand for the little guy. Andy showed who he is, and everyone should beleive him. I did, and left promptly after that. Proton will continue to be a dangerous place until Andy is gone.

[–] pmk@piefed.ca 12 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

"10 years ago, Republicans were the party of big business and Dems stood for the little guys. But today the tables have completely turned. People forget that the current antitrust actions against Big Tech were started under the first Trump admin."

In retrospect, it was obvious that Trump would side with Big Tech in the end. And the quote is a bit kiss-ass-y. It's also noting that the Dems didn't do as much as the Republicans. That's critique against the Dems, and well earned. Personally, I think we all have a moral obligation to point out that Trump in total has made the world worse in so many ways, but I also don't think Andy is a fascist and all those things people write about him.

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[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 10 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I don't understand why this is a surprise to people?

You really are surprised that not everyone knows the same things and also interprets them exactly as you do?

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[–] sayitghoul@lemmy.world 30 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Wow, Proton keeps disappointing... Time to leave for me as well! I'm looking at Posteo as I'm worried Tuta will turn into the next Proton. Not only that, I'm sick of being stuck with the apps made by the providers, I'll use Thunderbird thank you!

[–] MangoPenguin@piefed.social 6 points 18 hours ago

Yes getting away from locked-in products is the best option. Buy a domain name + standard IMAP provider means you can very easily switch to another email provider if needed.

[–] StumblingWasabi@lemmy.today 2 points 15 hours ago

I've been happy with Posteo + Thunderbird

[–] blazeknave@lemmy.world 4 points 15 hours ago
[–] blazeknave@lemmy.world 4 points 15 hours ago

Shitty human for years.

[–] MrSulu@lemmy.ml 6 points 20 hours ago

Yes, the old faithful promises that this is not the end for you, but that you are moving on to something better.

Sounds very much like a eulogy for the deceased.

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