Why are there so many conspiracy theories in this thread? Why don’t y’all take this with even just a tiny little bit of nuance?
There have always been conspiracy theories regarding Proton, but the stuff in this thread is just insane.
No, he didn’t go “full MAGA”. Do you even know what “full MAGA” looks like? He used the official Proton Mastodon account to participate in the discussion (which he definitely shouldn’t have done), because he doesn’t have his own account. Yes, that’s definitely the wrong thing to do, but it’s not “the whole company supporting Trump”, it’s just a CEO who used his company’s account to spread some bullshit.
Obviously Andy Yen needs to immediately step down as CEO, something that might realistically happen if the community outrage is big enough, since Proton’s source of revenue are subscriptions sold directly to its users. Spreading conspiracy theories definitely won’t achieve this goal though.
With services like Proton, this would most easily be done by making concessions to intelligence agencies.
I don’t think that this would make sense for them. They would only get some short-term advantages, while putting their entire business at risk. Proton was founded right after the Snowden leaks. Their core idea is that user data needs to be protected from intelligence agencies, and I don’t think that one CEO will just completely change this because of one presidential election.
A CEO isn’t just “one bad apple”.
I think you underestimate how many people are involved in companies the size of Proton. There’s a whole board of directors that at any point can decide to get rid of the CEO.
I don’t want to give any money to Trump supporters either, but I think many people are just being overly dramatic. I think this comment sums his political views up pretty well: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/15996243
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Why are there so many conspiracy theories in this thread? Why don’t y’all take this with even just a tiny little bit of nuance?
There have always been conspiracy theories regarding Proton, but the stuff in this thread is just insane.
No, he didn’t go “full MAGA”. Do you even know what “full MAGA” looks like? He used the official Proton Mastodon account to participate in the discussion (which he definitely shouldn’t have done), because he doesn’t have his own account. Yes, that’s definitely the wrong thing to do, but it’s not “the whole company supporting Trump”, it’s just a CEO who used his company’s account to spread some bullshit.
Obviously Andy Yen needs to immediately step down as CEO, something that might realistically happen if the community outrage is big enough, since Proton’s source of revenue are subscriptions sold directly to its users. Spreading conspiracy theories definitely won’t achieve this goal though.
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I don’t think that this would make sense for them. They would only get some short-term advantages, while putting their entire business at risk. Proton was founded right after the Snowden leaks. Their core idea is that user data needs to be protected from intelligence agencies, and I don’t think that one CEO will just completely change this because of one presidential election.
I think you underestimate how many people are involved in companies the size of Proton. There’s a whole board of directors that at any point can decide to get rid of the CEO.
I don’t want to give any money to Trump supporters either, but I think many people are just being overly dramatic. I think this comment sums his political views up pretty well: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/15996243
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