ProtonMail CEO supports Trump appointee. Users are mad!

https://np.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/1i1zjgn/so_that_happened/m7ahrlm/

created by MrDonMega on 15/01/2025 at 22:53 UTC

1167 upvotes, 16 top-level comments (showing 16)

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Comment by particle409 at 16/01/2025 at 00:17 UTC

199 upvotes, 0 direct replies

He said the Trump administration pushed anti-trust suits to protect the "little guy." It's pretty clear that the issue is whether you kissed Trump's ass or not, as opposed to market monopolies.

Comment by mrpopenfresh at 15/01/2025 at 23:16 UTC

240 upvotes, 3 direct replies

Is he saying JD Vance has good opinions on Antitrust? lol

Comment by MrDonMega at 15/01/2025 at 22:56 UTC

83 upvotes, 0 direct replies

I hope this is allowed. If not, please delete this post mods, and sorry!

So earlier today, ProtonMail CEO Andy Yen posted about his support for Gail Slater (Trump appointee). Protonmail is a privacy focused e-mail provider, so people are kinda mad about that appointee. As you can see, the CEO is doing a lot of damage control at this moment (Under the Proton_Team username). I know it's not in r/IAmA , so please delete this post if it's not allowed.

Comment by kittymctacoyo at 17/01/2025 at 00:01 UTC

12 upvotes, 2 direct replies

This is disappointing considering all the privacy protections Trump & co gutted and plan to gut more of. Now I no longer trust them with my fucking data

I JUST fucking reupped my paid plan and made it a family plan at that!

Comment by thatlad at 15/01/2025 at 23:50 UTC

45 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Wow that's a supreme clusterfuck.

Inject it into my veins. Slowly.

Comment by 12awr at 15/01/2025 at 23:08 UTC

104 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Gross. Guess that’s another company I can stop supporting.

Comment by Tarimsen at 17/01/2025 at 19:52 UTC

5 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Motherfucker. I just changed away from surfsharks dumbass "we will try 200 different software applications while making the VPN itself worse to use"

And Norton is BS anyway

Comment by ConTully at 16/01/2025 at 13:15 UTC

18 upvotes, 1 direct replies

The mental gymnastics you'd have to pull to think the Republicans are the "party of the little guy" would make Simone Biles look like a 3-year-old at a Sunday morning 'Tumble Tots' class.

Comment by Julez_Jay at 16/01/2025 at 23:16 UTC

3 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Welp, I’m gone. Liked the service but can do without it.

Comment by WeAreClouds at 16/01/2025 at 21:50 UTC

2 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Yeah, I am super glad right now that I never managed to switch to it. I hated the interface so much that although I tried several times none stuck. They can fuck all the way off now.

Comment by Dawnqwerty at 16/01/2025 at 23:51 UTC

1 upvotes, 1 direct replies

is this the same company behind proton vpn? it

Comment by MayhemSays at 18/01/2025 at 21:34 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

What’s the real benefit of keeping this fuck on the board? I get preemptively kissing the ring, but I somehow doubt that ProtonMail was ever in Trump or his cronies’ scopes.

Comment by BigJSunshine at 19/01/2025 at 02:38 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Fuck em. Move on

Comment by 66655555555544554 at 19/01/2025 at 06:00 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Oh f*ck no. NOPES.

Comment by superswellcewlguy at 16/01/2025 at 18:13 UTC*

-13 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Redditors screeching because the CEO of the email that they use for their porn subscriptions likes a Trump pick. I doubt any of them gave a fuck about this pick before this, they just get violently ill at the idea that a company they patronize having a leader that doesn't 100% align with their own political views.

Comment by QueenIsTheWorstBand at 16/01/2025 at 01:08 UTC

-58 upvotes, 2 direct replies

Proton Mail is for criminals. Womp womp.