As good a place as any to reflect on Andy Yen, CEO of Proton, who said [0] the new post-Lina Kahn DOJ and FTC would stand up "for the little guys", in one of th

As good a place as any to reflect on Andy Yen, CEO of Proton, who said [0] the new post-Lina Kahn DOJ and FTC would stand up "for the little guys", in one of the most bizarre comments from a tech CEO I can recall. People gave Brendan Eich grief for political stances as a tech CEO but, say what you will, I think his actions were never based on a catastrophic misdiagnosis of which parties stand for what. I think Yen was at least right that there were important anti-trust efforts that unfolded during Trump's first term, but they appeared to be politically selective, and at a completely different order of magnitude than what Kahn achieved afterward. Perhaps most head-spinning of all was when he claimed that none of his commentary was "intended to be political." 0. Screenshotted statement here: https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/654f16fa-d3ca-4304-bb2a-41cc1c129eeb.png https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/654f16fa-d3ca-4304-bb2a-41c...