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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] 6 points 11 hours ago

Did he (the CEO) really need to do this? Orange πŸ„ Guy's probably never even heard of Proton. The transition for me from Tuta to Proton was long and rough, so I'm not prepared to jump ship just yet and really hope I won't have to.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 14 hours ago

He does realize that Big Tech loves trump, right?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

What?? β€žStands for the Little guysβ€œ

Are you fucking tripping?!

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (2 children)

Proton Mail --> Mail-In-A-Box

Proton Calender --> Mail-In-A-Box

Proton Drive --> Mail-In-A-Box

Proton VPN --> Mullvad VPN

Proton Pass --> Bitwarden/KeePass+Mail-In-A-Box

Proton Wallet --> Stick with your cryptos base wallet app. Never give your private keys to any service.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 hours ago

If for "little guys" Proton CEO intends minors, we are cooked 🀦

Also, top 10 anime plot twists

[–] [email protected] 19 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Ah yes, Fox News. The company that is simultaneously 'news' or 'entertainment', depending on which description serves them better at the time. These are perfect representatives for the era where billionaires are supposedly 'anti-establishment' and book burners that police other people's identities and force their religion onto others are supposedly all for free speech and freedom of expression.

I just don't know anymore. How do you deal with people who will point at a fly and tell you that it's a bird, while sincerely believing it?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 16 hours ago

Well, I'm embracing a new e-mail service. And maybe a new VPN.

Proton has been giving me some issues sometimes when I couldn't access my inbox, I can't have that when I'm in great need to see if anything has happened. Also, I've joined Tutamail just now and I can make a lot of folders. Screw you, Proton for endorsing trash and limiting how many folders I can make. Which sounds like a silly complaint and it kind of is, but who the hell limits basic features like that?

So I'll be giving Tutamail a year long trial, just as I did with Proton 4 years ago before making it my primary service of choice. Push comes to shove, I'll just use GMail again for at least it's reliability and as an ironic middle-finger to Proton for this kind of move.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

the rich got so unbelievably rich and the poor became so insignificant / invisible that these few people in the middle think they're the "little guys"

wake the fuck up

[–] [email protected] 14 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

These CEOs really don't want the average people to like them.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 14 hours ago

I don't think they can comprehend what an average person is.

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