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  • dubyakay@lemmy.catoTechnology@lemmy.world•Proton Mail Suspended Journalist Accounts at Request of Cybersecurity AgencyEnglish
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    16時間前

    I see nothing of sorts.

    Instead what I see is this perpetuated crap about Proton being untrustworthy (they are not) and the CEO being a trump bootlicker (they are not). So this makes me think there’s a dissuasion campaign going on.

    Nothing against what you are writing and pointing to. But look at the grander picture.

    1. The CEO makes a statement against big tech.
    2. Proton has been a thorn in the eye of big tech by eating into their margins (they don’t sell data and take customers away)
    3. Proton regularly fights against handing over data and doesn’t provide a back door to govt.

    They don’t play along. They disrupt the market and modus operandi of stronger entities. Of course there’s going to be incitement against them.

    The “That’s it, I’m not going to use them anymore and you shouldn’t either; here’s an alternative” seemed to spawn from a much lesser “charge” than many of the other usual suspects. Like a knee jerk reaction.

    Is Proton perfect? No. Are they doing what they claim to do? Yes. Is it good value for money? Debatable. But they are not what people claim them to be on these posts.

    Disclaimer: I have a free tier proton account that I log in to once a year, because I’ve moved on to Disroot for my email and mullvad for VPN.

  • dubyakay@lemmy.catoTechnology@lemmy.world•Proton Mail Suspended Journalist Accounts at Request of Cybersecurity AgencyEnglish
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    21時間前

    Does no one read beyond the headline any more?

    “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 statement quickly went viral, leading to further controversy when Proton’s official Reddit account reinforced Yen’s sentiment. The now-deleted post suggested that Republicans were more inclined to take on Big Tech monopolies than corporate-aligned Democrats. However, within hours, Proton removed all traces of these remarks from its social media platforms.

    Despite claiming political neutrality, Proton later issued a statement reiterating its support for stronger antitrust measures, particularly against Big Tech. The company noted that regardless of broader political views on the Republican platform, the appointment of Gail Slater as head of the Justice Department’s antitrust division under Donald Trump was a positive step.

    Proton further argued that major tech companies were attempting to align with Trump because his administration posed an “unprecedented challenge to their monopolistic dominance.” This statement only fueled concerns that Proton was leaning politically despite its claims of neutrality.

    Looks to me like the CEO is not aligning with the orange, but rather with the choice of a department head, in particular one that’s supposed to fight big tech monopolies at the DoJ. We have yet to see how effective this choice will be though, with all the ass kissers at the felon’s dining table.

  • dubyakay@lemmy.catoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•What language courses did they have in your country’s schools?
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    12日前

    Hungary had Russian all the way up to around 1993 as mandatory language classes in elementary grade 5-8 and high school grades 9-12. Starting about 1989 though a lot of schools got the option to replace it with either German or English. Due to the proximity of Austria and Germany, a lot of students opted for German back then. This trend continued until the ubiquity of the Internet, when English gradually overtook German.

    In Germany I had English starting grade five elementary during the late 80s.

    My kids are having English as their language classes in Quebec.