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.
Concerns I see are that Proton encourages you to import spam from your last account
They were lobbying in the US (there are good reasons to do that though)
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.
It is very possible, yes, but Proton has to wise up and stop falling the bullshit or stepping into it. Andy Yen said some really stupid stuff supporting Trump and the Republicans which killed my belief in the company. With him still at the helm, I don’t trust them.
All this new stuff doesn’t even bother me. There, they are reacting properly.
What does bother me is their technical claims of not being able to read your stuff, storing encrypted at rest, and so on, but nothing being opensource besides the clients. That bothers me a lot. So, I’m trying to use fully opensource options and self-hosting where I can.
Email is a lost cause. It just leaks too much data. Hopefully someday we’ll move away from it. If we can convince governments that email is an insecure means of communication, then maybe we can move the needle.