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Proton CEO Andy Yen Interview (www.compiler.news)

submitted 4 days ago by cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] zdhzm2pgp@lemmy.ml 20 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Unless I'm missing something, didn't Yen just praise 🍄's pick for antitrust AG? I forget her name, but her Wikipedia page didn't make her sound all that great, so I'm not sure what exactly he was praising her for. If that's all it is (and it might not be!) that hardly sounds like a betrayal.

EDIT: I was missing something! See this.

[–] Rogue@feddit.uk 17 points 3 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Praising the pick wasn't so bad. The issues really arose when he was called out on it and chose to use Proton's official accounts to affirm his view and went on to state:

the republican party is now the party of the people and most likely to crack down on big tech
The democrats have effectively betrayed their voters in favour of corporate donations
This was Proton's official stance

It was insane boot licking and incredibly poorly thought through. It's fine for him to have an opinion but completely inappropriate to use their official accounts to spew such drivel and to state it was the official stance should have resulted in him being fired for damaging their reputation.

edit: I was asked to provide sources so please find them here: https://feddit.uk/post/23386970/14888441

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

the republican party is now the party of the people and most likely to crack down on big tech

yes🤡

The democrats have effectively betrayed their voters in favour of corporate donations

yes🐸

[–] Rogue@feddit.uk 1 points 2 days ago

the republican party is now the party of the people and most likely to crack down on big tech

yes🤡

Why do you think that?

[–] zdhzm2pgp@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago

Ah, well that's not so good then . . . 🙁