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Unnecessary and deeply concerning bow to the new "king"

Update: position got backed up by an official Proton post on Mastodon, it's an official Proton statement now. https://mastodon.social/@protonprivacy/113833073219145503

Update 2, plot-twist: they removed this response from Mastodon - seems they realize it exploded into their face!

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[–] anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 45 points 1 day ago (8 children)

If you think any anti trust shit is happening to any company who gave trump a million dollars, I have a used car I would like to sell you.

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[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (4 children)

This is a stretch & honestly not worth abandoning proton because of this. Don't just abandon a good FOSS/Privacy project just because of a CEO's (of a frickin Non-Profit in Switzerland) statements, you're too busy arguing & not getting things done Have some nuance guys

Could be 1000+ IQ chess move in disguise, appeal to Trump's ego & get him to make trouble for big-tech Let's see whether this actually affects Proton & decide from there

as a side-note: people from techlore are scumbags

[–] Isthisreddit@lemmy.world 4 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Listen to what you're saying man - Spinless coward is gonna spineless coward, and he showed us he is a spinless coward - can't trust a person with no integrity.

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[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Nah he can go fuck himself. Just like someone sucking up to any other fascist dictator.

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[–] sasquash@sopuli.xyz 28 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] enbyecho@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

...and you're out. That's enough for me.

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[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 38 points 1 day ago

Nooooooo not Proton! 😡

[–] hellfire103@lemmy.ca 29 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Glad I changed my stack over a few months ago:

  • Proton Mail → Posteo
  • Proton VPN → Mullvad VPN
  • Proton Drive → Syncthing

I'd also recommend KeePassXC in place of Proton Pass, and Cake Wallet in place of Proton Wallet. However, these were both Proton services I never used anyway.

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[–] mortemtyrannis@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Hypothetically, if Hitler saved a child from being hit by a car would you publicly sing Hitlers praises and be happy to make positive quotes about it?

Does being on the right side of a single issue negate everything else?

[–] funnyguy@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

it's not about being "right" or "wrong" for these people. it's about protecting their own class interests. it's something we can learn from them - what can we do every day to protect our own interests as members of the working class?

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[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (13 children)

Biden's pick Lina Khan deserves all the credit for aggressively prosecuting anti-competitive practices. However, Gina Slater looks like someone capable of continuing that work and a legitimate admirer of Lina Khan. Yes there are ties to Vance and the FTC office is likely to end up beholden to the egomaniac in chief. So the whole "little man" thing aside (that's baloney), that's one person that's not a shit stain out of all the shit stains in the incoming cabinet.

Look Lemmy, you're welcome to choose what you want in your life and what you don't. But being too rigid with letting stupid opinions of a project's founder cause you to reject everything, would have you miss the big-picture benefits of having such a project exist. If you look at this Lemmy development co-leader's opinions on transgenderism, are you going to stop using this software that lets you converse on an LGBTQ+ safe-space instance with no involvement on a social level from said developer/founder?

[–] archchan@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

transgenderism

At risk of going slightly off topic, trans people aren't an -ism. It's not an ideology, though transphobes love to frame it that way (not saying you are).

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[–] this@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 day ago (9 children)

God. Fucking. Dam. It.

I use too many of their services right now to get everything switched over to something else before trump takes power.

The swiss better fucking jail this guy if he hands over data to the us government without swiss court approval, per swiss law.

Now I have to find a new password manager, VPN, and email provider. Open to suggestions, but I want to find services that aren't hosed in the us or by trump friendly countries/companies, and ideally use open source software and zero access encryption.

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[–] mukt@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago

Is he right about the start of the anti-trust action ?

[–] kaamkiya@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 day ago

Well, that's a platform I'm leaving now.

[–] AnotherDirtyAnglo@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago (8 children)

Honestly, building a mail server isn't that hard if you aren't afraid of the command line.

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[–] Petter1@lemm.ee 25 points 1 day ago (3 children)

What?? „Stands for the Little guys“

Are you fucking tripping?!

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