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Proton Mail has long positioned itself as an apolitical company, dedicated solely to safeguarding user privacy. That’s why many were surprised when CEO Andy Yen posted on X (formerly Twitter) that the political landscape in the U.S. had shifted, stating, “10 years ago, Republicans were the party of big business and Dems stood for the little guys, but today the tables have completely turned.”

This was earlier this year. So sure its up to interpretation.

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Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
So… He’s an idiot, is what you’re saying.

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illi@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I remember there being a little more to it, but I don’t have receipts. They did fairly reasonable PR explanation which lowered my concern a little - but some doubts stayed with me for sure.

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- Deconceptualist@leminal.space ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
  That quote was the crux of it. IMO Yen was foolishly only looking at the situation through the lens of which party would be less of a barrier to Proton’s business and interests in user privacy. But the community very harshly (and rightfully so IMO) corrected him with regards to the bigger picture of corruption and cronyism and greed rampant in today’s GOP and how shortsighted out would be to trust them.
  
  Proton as an org was pretty burned and officially walked it back and said they would refrain from allowing individual staff (CEO included) from making those kind of political statements that could be interpreted as representing the business.
  
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  - illi@piefed.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago
    
    That doesn’t make them evil, but it does cause me concern around their awareness of the shifting US legal landscape.
    
    Doesn’t make them necessarily evil. But yeah, overall I’d agree with you on it. I’m certainly in my guard since then though.
    
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- Spacehooks@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I recall him saying he was not american so it doesnt matter what he said. Which annoyed me cause then why open mouth?
  
  That being said its more than understand the ceo is not the only voice in company and it was January 2025 so I may have outdated information if this stance is even relevant.
  
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