Anyone that unironically uses the word "loser" to try to motivate a policy by mocking the opposite, is not mature or responsible enough to be in a position of power.

Also, mocking instead of giving technical reasons only happens when you are not right but want to win the argument anyway.

So yeah, he just outed himself as not fit for any manager position, worst of all a CEO.

People saying they will go back if he steps down, I think this kind of is a wake up call on the company using privacy not seriously but as a marketing gimmick.

I would stay away from them. Surprise surprise, another YouTube advertised product that is shit....

Andy Yen is so desperate to become a tech bro oligarch like all of his role models. You lead a non-profit, dickhead, act like it.

He said it himself: it's important to win on appearances before technical stuff, or something like that. He's definitely going to push that again; or keep doing it even now, but in a more discreet manner.

Is this the same Guy that has already said some Trump aligned stuff? I forget the specifics.

I've been slow to transition away from Google products but I gotta say... to make an effort to ditch Google and then have THIS happen to you? I feel bad for those people. I really do... You do the right thing and get slapped in the face. Not fair.

Please remember something very important everyone: The company may have changed its policy, but the company that made the policy hasn't changed. The people that made the bad decisions are still in charge, and the priorities that made them make that decision are still the same. They haven't changed.

This is relevant not just for Proton, but about every time company pretends to step back from a bad decision.

ready to move my entire family once again to secria. hopefully it won't implode right away after the switch

So what does that mean going forward? Going forward, I'm still going to push,” he added.

So going forward, I mean to be going forward.

Protons CEO is a weapons grade assclown.

"We're not making money fast enough so let's alienate our core userbase and create a toxic work environment! That will surely be a success!"

I mean the best way to make them understand is to comply with their vision to the point where you make them eat their words. If i was a proton employee i would vibe code the shit out of everything until they've got a security breach every day. The only reason these kinds of execs only listen to one thing: profits. Just saying

So, funny story that might be related. Engineers directed by their management to tokenmaxx often will just prompt very complex, difficult tasks to drive up their token usage.

Using the metric as the goal is a great way to give perverse incentives. SEE ALSO the US Stock Exchange.

I just double checked (while canceling this years subscription) and I’ve been paying for proton for 10 years. I put in my cancellation notes that Andy is the reason I’m canceling and I won’t reconsider until he’s replaced.

This does very little to convice me to not migrate away.
My #1 issue was them sacrificing Security for Speed and this latest change does jack shit to address it

Damage is already done, though. Get fucked, Andy.

Look, I am not a tech dynamo, so what can people like me use in place of Proton?