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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    I don’t want to mix tech with politics, but what in the actual fuck?

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    Sure. That’s exactly why small businesses thrive in democrat cities, right? And exactly why more small business popped up under Biden, right?

    Gimme a break. People are so blind and dumb.

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    Been using their paid service for months. I have so many aliases. I’m just surprised. Surely this company knows its biggest user base has to be too educated to let this slide.

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    I’m not sure what’s worse, kissing the ring or taking that Trump post seriously. He obviously did not write it, and he also obviously only makes statements like this to threaten others and secure their loyalty. Here we are a month later, and some of the richest tech bros in the country are expected at his inauguration.

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    I literally signed up for their VPN last night since NordVPN doesn’t offer port forwarding. . . Oh well, I can 30 day guarantee it and get mullvad I guess. All I lost was a bit of time setting it up in all my containers, and any respect I had for Proton

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    Honestly I’ll still be using Proton and recommending it because it’s just good and a net benefit for everyone, but goddammit Andy you should’ve taken Swiss neutrality to heart this time and not said anything.

    Edit: The comments are so bloodthirsty. The primary shareholder of Proton AG, the newly established Swiss non-profit Proton Foundation, will be fine despite Andy’s takes on social media.

    It’s good to be critical but we should also recognize when to protect the good things we have instead of being quick to abandon it.

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    He went after big tech as a punishment for fact checking the bullshit coming from his administration and his followers. That was it.

    Now that all big tech has turned away from democrats (probably as punishment for their antitrust lawsuits), we will see a much different perspective from the Trump administration.