The “privacy-first” company surprised its user base when CEO Andy Yen lauded Trump on social media.
The original Tweet can be found here which gives more information: https://techissuestoday.com/proton-ceo-responds-to-backlash-after-his-post-supporting-trump-selection/
Disgusting and infuriating.
I can understand supporting an ideology but I cannot understand supporting the Republican Party of the United States as of 2025 or whatever flavor of anti-humanity garbage they stand for this afternoon.
The controversial statement they walked back, in case anyone wants to save a click:
Here is our official response, also available on the Mastodon post in the screenshot: Corporate capture of Dems is real. In 2022, we campaigned extensively in the US for anti-trust legislation. Two bills were ready, with bipartisan support. Chuck Schumer (who coincidently has two daughters working as big tech lobbyists) refused to bring the bills for a vote. At a 2024 event covering antitrust remedies, out of all the invited senators, just a single one showed up - JD Vance. By working on the front lines of many policy issues, we have seen the shift between Dems and Republicans over the past decade first hand. Dems had a choice between the progressive wing (Bernie Sanders, etc), versus corporate Dems, but in the end money won and constituents lost. Until corporate Dems are thrown out, the reality is that Republicans remain more likely to tackle Big Tech abuses.
Huh, turns out they were only half wrong (correct to condemn corporate Dems; wrong to assume that means Republicans are even the slightest bit better).
They’re not assuming a goddamn thing, they’re lying because they think the audience is made of morons.
I had just rolled over all my stuff to them, I cancelled and now on the look out for someone who doesnt wanna lick shine the boots.
Do your own research, but some other options:
Looks like self hosted may be the only option :(
https://mailinabox.email/ can make self-hosting fairly painless. Just be sure to check that the IP you use isn’t on a black list (which mailinabox checks for you).
Jesus fuckin Christ, they too? Time to migrate emails AGAIN. Anyone knows a good alternative?
I’ve gone with Posteo + Addy.io
Tutanota pops up a lot as the primary competitor (or at least it used to)
thanks!
If they’d waited like two more weeks for this fuckup I would’ve been a paying user.
I renewed my two year subscription, and upgraded to duo only a few weeks before this.
You can still talk to customer support to cancel…
(Or even charge back if you are willing to lose the email)
Sadly I use proton for my business email, and have my custom domain email through them. So it will not be a quick switch.
Man. Do I really have to switch again? God damn.
Cmon Intercept, youre better than that headline.
I actually like their web UI and their support is really good.
It is so bad that the Proton CEO turned out to be a wannabe American tech oligarch. There is no way he meant what he said (if he actually meant it then he is a complete idiot);.
Having a PhD in particle physics doesn’t mean he knows anything about US Politics.
I would argue that you don’t need to know the details of US politics to make an educated guess that an oligarch regime will not pursue pro-competition / anti-oligopoly policies in good faith. This is not really a US-specific thing, closer to common sense.
Another such article, is it really so difficult to have proper journalism anymore? Opinionated… We really have to bash again and again because of a mistake, disregarding years of good work? I know it’s difficult for Americans to trust anything nowadays, but please get a hold of yourself…
Its kind of weird for The Intercept to be like this. The headline is an outright lie. They’re normally pretty good integrity wise.
Also their mail is handled by Proton, which is interesting. Also not disclosed in the article as most journalism organisations would do.
