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proton did it to themselves by embracing the us and their fascist leader.
And the CEO just did it again, because apparently it wasn’t enough backlash the first time.
Oh lord, what now ?
Source?
It’s in French, but here’s a link:
https://www.watson.ch/fr/!884988581
Basically, Yen did an interview for Watson (a magazine) where he talked about the swedish government encroaching on encryption. He got political when he started talking about how all of the Swedish government officials were useless bureaucrats, and praised the US government’s methods instead.
You're gonna need a bettet source than that, because this article and your comment say very different things. Why do people upvote comments like this one?
The Switzerland part:
I couldn't find the US is awesome part though.
mic_check_one_two did not mention anything related to Switzerland. They've mentioned Sweden.
Because reading articles is hard, better to blindly trust a headline and summary comment. People on Lemmy wouldn't lie to me, would they?
they would surely fear the shame their names would get if it turned out they were lying, don't you think?
because they don't read it. has a source? must be true!
Where does that article say anything like that? I could find neither a mention of Sweden nor of the US.
and yet all those "use eu tech" charts always recommend proton products
It's weird. It's like there's some kind of paid advertising campaign using bots who are never seen outside of shilling their company for some reason.
Yoowut, link?
I assume that's the VPN proton and not the linux compatibility layer proton, right?
Correct proton.me email/VPN/drive's CEO Andy Yen
https://xcancel.com/andyyen/status/1864436449942110660
https://techstory.in/proton-mail-faces-backlash-over-claims-of-political-neutrality-amid-ceos-praise-for-republican-party/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42837181
Andy used proton's official accounts to voice his political stances for the regime. They have since retracted the statement but it's still worrying to say the least and something to keep an eye on if you use their services.
I've been using them for years and don't think it's quite time to jump ship because it is the best option for me, but I'm keeping a close eye to see if it worsens and starts affecting the company in a negative manner.