The guy went on a lobbying trip to DC and was heard by GOP folks and not dems. So what? That’s all we know. Were dems busy that day? Did he try a different approach when he talked to the right. Anyone can go to DC and be heard or ignored on a lobbying trip.

Also, the content creator of the video was not vetted for sponsorship because they don’t usually do that. They admitted fault and are changing procedures to appropriately vet moving forward. I think their marketing team might even be external. Also, fascists never admit fault or accept accountability.

This sounds like big tech doesn’t want competition. You’ve seen google prevent side loading, and do a ton of shady things at this point. Why not a smear campaign too?

Thus guy might be a raging fascist dickhead for all I know. I’m just pointing out that the supposed evidence falls short and proves nothing.

  1. Concerns I see are that Proton encourages you to import spam from your last account

  2. They were lobbying in the US (there are good reasons to do that though)

  3. They send your gmail notifications that you have new Proton emails along with details of that email if you use your old gmail as a recovery while transitioning - just use a different recovery email

None of those actual concerns have anything to do with far right ideologies.

OC by @ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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    Andy Yen promoting the Trump administration in late 2024

    Andy publicly supported ONE person in the admin who ended up being ousted anyway for not kowtowing to Trump’s bullshit.

    This is nowhere near the same thing as supporting the whole admin.

    The official Proton account doubling down on these statements including praise of JD Vance

    What you consider “praise” was nothing more than a simple statement of fact:

    “At a 2024 event covering antitrust remedies, out of all the invited senators, just a single one showed up - JD Vance.”

    That is an objectively factual statement. Just because you don’t like it doesn’t mean it’s wrong. The rest of the comment prior to the edit was factual as well.

    And if you really want to dig deep - they weren’t wrong about the Dems, either.

    The people who run Proton are not based in the US and do not carry US-centric viewpoints. For a large amount of the civilized world, the US’s entire history is nothing more than a footnote. Keep that in mind next time you take major offence to a valid external viewpoint.

    A string of cases where Proton worked with law enforcement in a way that breaks its advertised promises

    Proton is a Swiss company, therefore they are legally obligated to comply with Swiss law. This includes handing over any data requested when legally subpoenaed.

    Being not quite forthcoming about its business structure

    You know you can just link to the actual source instead of one creator’s personal opinion. Proton is very up front about how it operates, it’s spelled out pretty clearly in that document.