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ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• NotSteve_@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The support was forgiveable to me initially with the assunption that they didn’t know but they doubled down on it and I can’t forgive that. I like the company a lot but I’m not going to knowingly indirectly fund hate by buying their stuff.

  It’s really sad how right wing tech is now where even the objectively left wing open source/right to repair/privacy space is dominated by bigots. Like even Proton’s CEO is a MAGA

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  • spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Re: Proton - my understanding of the situation is that they made a (blog) post endorsing one action by Trump (nominating a lady very competent in the tech space, I think specifically relating to privacy), which was blown out of proportion by ppl who want to paint with broad strokes.

    IIRC, they even distanced themselves from trump within that post, or shortly thereafter in a social media post. It’s been a while but unless I missed something after the blow up, I don’t think they’ve done anything to endorse him

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    • dev_null@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I am pretty sure it’s just anti-privacy actors trying to sow discord and generate infighting in privacy communities, and the person your are replying to is either one of them or ate the propaganda.

      Any cursory look at the Proton guy reveals he’s a progressive who keeps donating to left-wing causes, girls education, pro-LGBT, pro-consumer. To try to paint him as MAGA for being glad about an objectively good thing the Trump admin once surprisingly did is just ridiculous, and obviously not done in good faith.

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      • wavebeam@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        This was shitty, but my actual problem with Proton is their lean into crypto wallets and showing that they are willing to bend over for the police, which kinda make their entire differentiation as a “secure” platform entirely moot.

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  • Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I got the hell away from Proton when they started leaning heavily into AI and shitcoins. I don’t believe they’ve changed course since?

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