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  • A [email protected]

    Almost certainly, yes.

    People on Mastodon are not happy about those statements, and called Proton out on it relentlessly with every post Proton made. This is Proton running away with their tail between their legs, back to platforms where they have more control and/or are already full of right-wing nutjobs.

    If anyone's looking for secure email, look at tuta.com instead. The email service is very similar in terms of UX and offers better encryption. They don't offer the rest of Proton's suite, but...maybe that's a good thing? I mean, do you want to get locked into an ecosystem?

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    Their damage was already done with that CEO statement (for me), since after those remarks I cancelled my VPN plan with them. I'm not someone who's going to then follow them around and post negative comments on their Mastodon, X, reddit account whenever they post. I'm just going to walk away.

    So, they will move to where their base is, just like trump did and they can sell there stuff to a smaller percentage of the market if they want. I will never understand why a company would actively try to cut their sales base in half or whatever.

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    • A [email protected]

      Almost certainly, yes.

      People on Mastodon are not happy about those statements, and called Proton out on it relentlessly with every post Proton made. This is Proton running away with their tail between their legs, back to platforms where they have more control and/or are already full of right-wing nutjobs.

      If anyone's looking for secure email, look at tuta.com instead. The email service is very similar in terms of UX and offers better encryption. They don't offer the rest of Proton's suite, but...maybe that's a good thing? I mean, do you want to get locked into an ecosystem?

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      #27

      Never Forget

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      • E [email protected]

        You must be new to the internet. People make a drama out of every little shit.

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        😄 apparently yes. it's still sad to see. There wasn't a single post done by proton that didn't immediately derail into people blaming about "the issue", and they just couldn't stop. Not a fun time, and there isn't anything the company can do to convince these people otherwise, they are just a lost in hate

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        • L [email protected]

          Smells like non technical reasons

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          #29

          Wonser if the media manager there got fired or something. Should look at their jobs board

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          • Z [email protected]

            Imo it's more like leaving the town full of bullies.. completely understandable, I would do the same. Insane amount of hate, for one mistake. People can only see black and white these days..

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            #30

            Agreed. I don't support their decision to leave mastadon but I totally understand why they did it. Proton is on our side (as much as a company can be) so I don't get why people keep ripping into them for something that isn't true. He wasn't saying he supported Trump, he just hoped the republican party would do something about big tech. Not gonna happen but we can all agree we hope it'll happen

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            • eeyore_syndrome@sh.itjust.worksE [email protected]

              Never Forget

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              #31

              From a historical perspective, he wasn't wrong. The republicans were looking more at big tech cause, in the past, big tech was very left leaning. Things have obviously changed but your quote misses that he was hopeful that Trump would do something for big tech. His hope is obviously miss placed after big tech started sicking his dick but doesn't mean he couldn't be hopeful

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              • A [email protected]

                Every account I have on the internet has a unique randomly generated email that forwards to my real email.

                iCloud and Proton are the two big names that support this. It’s invaluable.

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                #32

                Ah, I see the confusion. Originally you mentioned two Proton services, password manager and email provider. The person who replied to you suggested two alternative password managers (one commercial, the other one FOSS). You then replied saying without a specific email feature it would be pointless, which would be fair for an alternative email provider but doesn't apply in this case.

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                  Imo it's more like leaving the town full of bullies.. completely understandable, I would do the same. Insane amount of hate, for one mistake. People can only see black and white these days..

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                  #33

                  "One mistake" would be if he didn't double-down on it, and if Proton addressed their customers' concerns in any meaningful way. Instead, they deleted posts and are now withdrawing from the community entirely, and directing users to three of the worst corporate hell-holes on the internet.

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                  • F [email protected]

                    Proton: “We’re consolidating our social media presence due to limited resources and no longer posting on Mastodon. Follow us on Reddit for the latest updates”

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                    #34

                    If they aren't getting much traction somewhere, but are spending outsized resources there, it makes sense to redirect the manhours elsewhere.

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                    • E [email protected]

                      You must be new to the internet. People make a drama out of every little shit.

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                      #35

                      Little shit like praising literal hitler for some other things he did, besides the genocide.

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                      • T [email protected]

                        Agreed. I don't support their decision to leave mastadon but I totally understand why they did it. Proton is on our side (as much as a company can be) so I don't get why people keep ripping into them for something that isn't true. He wasn't saying he supported Trump, he just hoped the republican party would do something about big tech. Not gonna happen but we can all agree we hope it'll happen

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                        #36

                        If you read the whole thing again, he is supporting Trump and the Republicans.

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                        • F [email protected]

                          Does this have anything to do with the CEO expressing his support for Trump?

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                          I don't think I'll be renewing

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                            Proton: “We’re consolidating our social media presence due to limited resources and no longer posting on Mastodon. Follow us on Reddit for the latest updates”

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                            Btw, their Mastodon account has more followers than their Bluesky and Threads accounts combined, both of which they are keeping. What a stupid decision.

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                            • T [email protected]

                              From a historical perspective, he wasn't wrong. The republicans were looking more at big tech cause, in the past, big tech was very left leaning. Things have obviously changed but your quote misses that he was hopeful that Trump would do something for big tech. His hope is obviously miss placed after big tech started sicking his dick but doesn't mean he couldn't be hopeful

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                              #39

                              It was still a completely naive and idiotic thing to say and doesn't show the forethought and strategic thinking that comes with being a good CEO, especially one of a service that could literally put people's lives in danger if jeopardized.

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                              • O [email protected]

                                Ah, I see the confusion. Originally you mentioned two Proton services, password manager and email provider. The person who replied to you suggested two alternative password managers (one commercial, the other one FOSS). You then replied saying without a specific email feature it would be pointless, which would be fair for an alternative email provider but doesn't apply in this case.

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                                #40

                                Well since in proton the email alias feature is integrated into the password manager (which is really useful) I don't see them as that unlinked. It would be like having a password manager without the ability to make random passwords, basically pointless. One compromised service and my email will be spammed across the internet until the end of time.

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                                • A [email protected]

                                  Every account I have on the internet has a unique randomly generated email that forwards to my real email.

                                  iCloud and Proton are the two big names that support this. It’s invaluable.

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                                  #41

                                  I've been using neomailbox for almost 10 years for this, so maybe check them out

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                                  • P [email protected]

                                    Why not on Nostr? No any freaked admin, etc

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                                    also nobody really cares about nostr

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                                    • F [email protected]

                                      Proton: “We’re consolidating our social media presence due to limited resources and no longer posting on Mastodon. Follow us on Reddit for the latest updates”

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                                      #43

                                      Well, read comments under their latest posts on Mastodon. Solid shitstorm of 9 Beaufort since more than a month.

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                                      • A [email protected]

                                        Yeah but without email aliases it would not be worth it

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                                        #44

                                        Tuta has a catch-all option that you could consider. Makes it so you can make any email address under your domain and it'll get to your mailbox.

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                                          Proton: “We’re consolidating our social media presence due to limited resources and no longer posting on Mastodon. Follow us on Reddit for the latest updates”

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                                          #45

                                          "We hate that our CEO keeps getting called out and slammed by our followers so we're gonna stick our fingers in our ears"

                                          Also good time to remind everyone Tuta exists 🙂 https://tuta.com/

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