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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

I moved several years worth of emails off their platform and closed my subscription on Friday. Enough is enough. I’m not giving this guy another dime. I specifically pointed to andy88’s behaviour in the β€œwhy are you cancelling” dialogue. I feel for the good people who work at that company and don’t support this, but we all have choices to make.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Founder/CEO of Proton said something vaguely positive about Trump's one cabinet pick and therefore EVERYBODY IS MOVING OUT OF PROTON RIGHT FUCKING NOW

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

If its only that, there's be less panic. But he also said something stupid like "rePUbliCAnS stANd uP fOR tHE 'liTtLE gUY'" πŸ™„

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I personally think people are overreacting, but hey, we're on lemmy after all..

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

ah yes, the American mindset

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Glad I cancelled. If the CEO is this clueless and/or and/or ignorant and/or disingenuous do I really want them responsible for my private data?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Heaven forbid I have opinions!

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 months ago

Sorry, I took your rhetorical question as a genuine one.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Scratch under the surface of every for profit privacy / anonymity service, you find shitty libertarian cryptobros who probably post racist memes on 4chan while whining about feminism in the man-o-sphere. That doesn't speak to the nature of people who care about privacy, it speaks to the nature of people who care about privacy and also want to do capitalism.

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