• @latenightnoir
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    1 hour ago

    Grrrreat… Can anyone please suggest an alternative? I’ve switched to Proton trying to de-Google…

    • ProdigalFrog
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      420 minutes ago

      For Email: Posteo, Tutanota, Disroot

      For VPN: Mullvad, AirVPN, IVPN

      For password manager: Keypassxc, Bitwarden

  • Lung
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    331 minutes ago

    The most interesting part of this take is that JD Vance is very much in the big tech friends circle with Thiel and Musk. But I’m sure they can run some antitrust against their enemies at Google or whatever

  • Let's Go 2 the Mall!
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    352 hours ago

    Cancelled my years long subscription today. Any company that bows down to tRump should be avoided. Vote with your wallet.

    • Sunshine (she/her)
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      62 hours ago

      I did the same! No more proton unlimited! It is better to use products from multiple companies instead of one.

    • @Typhoonigator
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      72 hours ago

      Who did you switch to? I’m looking to leave proton too with all this.

        • @Typhoonigator
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          360 minutes ago

          Have you used these 3 before (or currently)?

      • @[email protected]
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        92 hours ago

        Also curious. I left Mullvad because they stopped supporting port forwarding. Proton seemed like the best second option privacy/feature/price wise at the time. IVPN was touted highly around that time, but it appears they have also phased out port forwarding

        • ProdigalFrog
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          122 minutes ago

          I believe AirVPN is the last respected VPN that allows port forwarding.

  • @[email protected]
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    572 hours ago

    The initial post could just be chalked up to naivety if we’re feeling charitable, but using the official proton accounts for this stuff is an extremely bad move. Then half-assedly retracting it without acknowledging he posted it, doubling down, and making every classic PR mistake. Aside from potential capitulation to a regime that clearly values power more than human rights, there’s significant risk from a person with such bad judgement having apparently no safeguards or second opinions when he’s posting. What other decisions is he unilaterally making for proton that aren’t publicly known?

    • @db2
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      232 hours ago

      He’s another mini Elon wannabe, obviously. They’re coming out of the woodwork lately.

      I hope people are taking notes so these scum don’t get to skate later when it falls down around their ears.

  • @atx_aquarian
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    202 hours ago

    It seems obvious to me now.

    Many US states are now requiring age verification for adult sites. VPN companies will benefit if that requirement expands. The Republican party’s pearl-clutching politics are what can make that happen.

  • @MysticKetchup
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    232 hours ago

    Believing in any way that Republicans are helping out the little guy or against big business is so ridiculous I have to believe this is willful ignorance to cover up the fact that a lot more people will need VPNs with all the porn bans and other privacy nightmares the right will pass the next few years.

  • @BroBot9000
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    142 hours ago

    The post was deleted and they are in cleanup mode. Best thing we can do is post this everywhere and demand a public apology and the firing of Andy Yen.

    Otherwise end your subscriptions!

    • Optional
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      61 hour ago

      What is the Streisand effect?

  • Soulifix
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    82 hours ago

    Wait until Big Tech does something and then Proton will cry about it. They’ll be in for a shocking surprise that Big Tech does what Big Tech did because Trump and Republicunts allowed it to happen.

  • toiletobserver
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    52 hours ago

    So we’re keeping Lina Kahn, right? RIGHT?

  • Rentlar
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    Thank you for using a less charged title in the cross-post. It’s concerning stuff coming from the Proton CEO and Andy Yen using the official account to amplify it. However, I disagreed with it being characterized as “Full MAGA”.

  • @shalafi
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    Anyone notice Trump clearly didn’t write that, because it’s clearly written? Remember how bugfuck he was getting over the last year and how we rarely see that anymore?

    Just how bugfuck is he now and who’s controlling him?