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.
This was my theory. Perfection is the enemy of progress, so de-googling may not a have the perfect replacement making it easy to push a narrative by picking at it’s flaws. This is also spreading on lemmy, people here love to shit on Proton for questionable reasons.
It didn’t make sense why so many people on Lemmy love to hate Proton. Well until you consider that they are being told to hate Proton. Remember that perfection is the enemy of progress and you will not find the perfect solution you are looking for. At the very least you are diversifying your dependence on a big tech companies.
Before you respond to shit on me, use your critical thinking skills to determine for yourself if I am right or wrong. People’s opinions on Lemmy are meaningless, even mine. You are going to have to put in some work.