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Written by Rusty Corgi on 2025-01-15 at 19:59

hey, uh, so maybe don't use @protonprivacy

because apparently Elon Musk hand-picking funding bills doesn't count as corporate control :blobfoxdisapprove:

EDIT: In case anyone thinks that Proton has a point here, let's clear something up. Yes, the Democrats are bought and paid for by corporations. But it's also the Democrats who installed Lina Khan, pushed for Net Neutrality, and passed the Affordable Care Act. Yes, Biden forced the railroad workers to stop striking, but then the administration continued to lobby on behalf of the workers and got them the sick days they were fighting for. It's also Biden's DOJ that pushed for the breakup of Google, even if it was Trump's DOJ that started the probe. Do you really think Trump's DOJ would break up a monopoly like Biden's has attempted to? Also gestures vaguely at Lina Khan everything that woman did was incredible, from fighting monopolies, to bringing down the cost of medicine, to promoting the rights of workers. Meanwhile it's the Republicans and Trump who installed a Verizon executive to repeal Net Neutrality, stripped the FTC of its authority to govern labor, installed the Supreme Court who revoked the Chevron Deference, and is now letting Elon Musk pick and choose budget legislation.

Anyone who thinks the Democrats and Republicans are the same on this are so hilariously wrong, it'd be funny if it wasn't so sad. Nuance needs to make a comeback in 2025.

Also edited to tag the Proton I'm talking about here so people know I'm talking about the bad Proton and not the Linux compatibility layer. We love you Valve :blobfoxheartcute:

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Written by Rusty Corgi on 2025-01-15 at 23:18

Welp, looks like they deleted their pro-Trump replies. I'm curious if they're going to address it or try to sweep it under the rug. I'm also curious if this was due to the social media backlash or if there were enough people cancelling their subscriptions that it made them nervous.

I'm not sure if Proton's management is just unaware of how pro-corporate and anti-consumer/anti-labor Trump is (which, like, how?) or if they really are just that into fascism, but I still won't be recommending Proton's services to anyone unless they actively walk this rhetoric back.

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