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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/30934764

The “privacy-first” company surprised its user base when CEO Andy Yen lauded Trump on social media.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I’m in a pickle. Got proton and my own domain for email so I would be able to make an easy switch… but now I have masked emails for dozens if not hundreds of account logins.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

"while spewing right wing propaganda"

FTFY

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 day ago

The fact that a privacy company based in a non five eyes country is even praising a government - especially one like the US - is a red flag.

Nevermind the fact that they claim Republicans are anti big tech while being surrounded by tech CEOs...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

I may be too Roman, but I will never trust a Swiss.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I believe them. They’ll praise whomever is in power. Neutral opportunists.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's not a good thing though.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Correct. It’s bad, whether the Dems or the GOP are in power. It’s not suddenly bad now.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Capitalism -> Fascism

[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Cancelled my Proton subscription citing this as the reason. Hope others do the same. This administration is not normal and relations should never be normalized with them.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Yep, did the same. Started using Tuta for email, solid privacy and UI, app available on F-Droid, and the bonus for me was them being powered by renewables.

The language in the tweet was telling, i.e party of the "little guys" and tagging the president for visibility. You can't turn a blind eye to all the other destabilizing things this admin is doing just because they made 1 semi-competent cabinet pick (which should be the baseline expectation).

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Planning to do the same, but first I have to find an alternative for my mail, probably I will try a self hosted mail server for a while

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

@m105 @Fizz there's quite a few Swiss mail providers that may be of interest. Self-hosting mail can be a pain as those IPs tend to have a lower threshold for getting blocked/blacklisted. And make sure all your SPF, DKIM etc is fully configured.

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