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I didn’t read this article in-depth. What are you referring to specifically?

by RayVR 2y ago

philwelch 2y ago
I did read the article in depth and I have the same question. Aside from wanting to let people access the complete uncensored internet even when their government would prefer them not to, which seems to be their entire mission in the first place.
mossTechnician 2y ago
He wrote a Twitter post praising Trump's administration and criticizing Democrats[0], then doubled down on the official Proton account[1]. Then he backpedaled, saying the official account statements were an accident[2]. [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/1i1zjgn/so_that_happened/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/1i1zjgn/so_that... [1] https://archive.ph/2025.01.15-162500/https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/1i1zjgn/so_that_happened/m7a91fs/ https://archive.ph/2025.01.15-162500/https://www.reddit.com/... [2] https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/1i2nz9v/comment/m7g4bo6/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/1i2nz9v/comment...
- jimmydoe 2y ago
  Thanks, this is what I was referring to. Honestly I'm quite confused why he chose to talk about that.
  - philwelch 2y ago
    And I’m confused why instead of discussing anything in the article, you chose to derail the conversation with an unrelated grievance over antitrust policy.
    - jimmydoe 2y ago
      I appreciate you expressing this concern. Now I realize the connection might not be clear to everyone. The article is about Proton "is now the resistance tool of choice in authoritarian regimes trying to control the internet". IMO such position requires Proton to be politically neutral so users have more confidence for the service.
  - anon7000 2y ago
    I can understand it in general if you truly think that pick would be better for big tech antitrust (not convinced any party is going to do much about it), it seems said pick was the CEO of the lobbying group founded by big tech (the Internet Association). So not sure how that does actually help with antitrust
  - tucnak 2y ago
    There's a new class of statesmen forming in the U.S. as we speak, and it's ripples in the pond. People get psychotic over the little things, imagine what kind of micro-psychosis could do to somebody whose misfortune is to actually interface with the government, and be collateral in the never-ending state-side counter-intelligence activities. The back-pedalling on his part, I think, is the inconsequential part—never admit your mistakes is 101.
- joejohnson 2y ago
  It’s crazy this caused such a stir. Everything Andy said was not wrong.
  - anonaconda 2y ago
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I didn’t read this article in-depth. What are you referring to specifically?

by RayVR 2y ago

I didn’t read this article in-depth. What are you referring to specifically?

I did read the article in depth and I have the same question. Aside from wanting to let people access the complete uncensored internet even when their government would prefer them not to, which seems to be their entire mission in the first place.

mossTechnician 2y ago

He wrote a Twitter post praising Trump's administration and criticizing Democrats[0], then doubled down on the official Proton account[1]. Then he backpedaled, saying the official account statements were an accident[2]. [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/1i1zjgn/so_that_happened/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/1i1zjgn/so_that... [1] https://archive.ph/2025.01.15-162500/https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/1i1zjgn/so_that_happened/m7a91fs/ https://archive.ph/2025.01.15-162500/https://www.reddit.com/... [2] https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/1i2nz9v/comment/m7g4bo6/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/1i2nz9v/comment...

jimmydoe 2y ago
Thanks, this is what I was referring to. Honestly I'm quite confused why he chose to talk about that.
- philwelch 2y ago
  And I’m confused why instead of discussing anything in the article, you chose to derail the conversation with an unrelated grievance over antitrust policy.
  - jimmydoe 2y ago
    I appreciate you expressing this concern. Now I realize the connection might not be clear to everyone. The article is about Proton "is now the resistance tool of choice in authoritarian regimes trying to control the internet". IMO such position requires Proton to be politically neutral so users have more confidence for the service.
- anon7000 2y ago
  I can understand it in general if you truly think that pick would be better for big tech antitrust (not convinced any party is going to do much about it), it seems said pick was the CEO of the lobbying group founded by big tech (the Internet Association). So not sure how that does actually help with antitrust
- tucnak 2y ago
  There's a new class of statesmen forming in the U.S. as we speak, and it's ripples in the pond. People get psychotic over the little things, imagine what kind of micro-psychosis could do to somebody whose misfortune is to actually interface with the government, and be collateral in the never-ending state-side counter-intelligence activities. The back-pedalling on his part, I think, is the inconsequential part—never admit your mistakes is 101.
joejohnson 2y ago
It’s crazy this caused such a stir. Everything Andy said was not wrong.
- anonaconda 2y ago
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