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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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[–] [email protected] 10 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

~~Someone's account got hacked?~~

~~Gonna wait some time in case this is an account hack.~~

Edit: Also can I just say that Proton's cloud drive thing suck ass. Like on the mobile app you cant even download an entire folder, you have to manually download the files, and if you download more than 25 files at once, it gets buggy and not all files get downloaded.

Edit 2: Oof, this motherfucker got some weird "Libertarian" vibes

Why he gotta praise trump's stupidity? Who the fucks stands there like an idiot when there could be more than 1 shooter? Its nothing to praise, its stupidity to stand there, if there was a second shooter, his dumbass would be dead.

Edit 3: Btw Proton is controlled by a board of five people:

This dude is just one of five, no need to switch providers yet, but it is a bit concerning...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 18 hours ago

He's the founder and CEO tho. Not looking good :( I'm surprised this went unnoticed until now. The tweet is from December!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 21 hours ago

Oh well. Another scratch on my list of companies I'll never patronize.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 21 hours ago

I'm not going to switch away from them just yet... But I am going to start using an address with my own domain. My only regret is not doing this from the beginning.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 21 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 17 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 19 hours ago

One thing I saw was lacking in the comments here are some alternatives (Some were named, more self-hosted options, which can be good for a person, but not always)...

RiseUp.net and Disroot.org both are ran by collectives, and both protect your privacy. RiseUp has a log of how they've done so, as well.

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