The guy went on a lobbying trip to DC and was heard by GOP folks and not dems. So what? That’s all we know. Were dems busy that day? Did he try a different approach when he talked to the right. Anyone can go to DC and be heard or ignored on a lobbying trip.
Also, the content creator of the video was not vetted for sponsorship because they don’t usually do that. They admitted fault and are changing procedures to appropriately vet moving forward. I think their marketing team might even be external. Also, fascists never admit fault or accept accountability.
This sounds like big tech doesn’t want competition. You’ve seen google prevent side loading, and do a ton of shady things at this point. Why not a smear campaign too?
Thus guy might be a raging fascist dickhead for all I know. I’m just pointing out that the supposed evidence falls short and proves nothing.
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Concerns I see are that Proton encourages you to import spam from your last account
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They were lobbying in the US (there are good reasons to do that though)
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They send your gmail notifications that you have new Proton emails along with details of that email if you use your old gmail as a recovery while transitioning - just use a different recovery email
None of those actual concerns have anything to do with far right ideologies.
I do think that they are perfectly capable of smear campaign, but you have to acknowledge that oss privacy community people are very critical and fast to point out any potential risks and thus label the whole service as bad. Rightfully so most of the time. We are the first to call out a privacy focused company. There is no need to call out gmail, anyone who cares already knows.