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Proton CEO embraces Trump for "standing up for the little guys" (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by ShotDonkey@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] refalo@programming.dev 8 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

What’s the benefit for them?

Not being targeted by a President.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/29/business/ceos-trump-revenge-nightcap/index.html

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/05/politics/trump-prosecute-political-opponents/index.html

Why they wouldn’t want to please previous administrations?

Those administrations weren't targeting them.

I think it's always about the money, plain and simple. If there is a threat to their gravy train, they will bend over backwards to keep it going. Otherwise, they don't care about you.

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[–] sudneo@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

OK, but then that was exactly my point. Antitrust is one way to target those companies, hence they had to suck up. Therefore them paying (peanuts in the grand scheme of things) could be seen as the exact opposite of "they are all in the same team".

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[–] frozenspinach@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Right, I follow your take here as the one that makes the most sense. This makes a lot more sense as the tech companies attempting to head off a potentially adversarial relationship.

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[–] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago*

The Biden government was targeting them, though. Kind of. Various companies were facing challenges from the administration. I think the difference is: If they suck Trump's dick enough he'll leave them alone. Biden was less likely to do that. Or probably that's their view of it, anyway. Somehow big business seems to view Trump as a "rational actor" while they view Biden as the opposite.

Something something TOS Mirror Universe episode...

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