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Does Proton really support Trump? A deeper analysis (and surprising findings) (medium.com)

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I heard people claim for some time that Proton supports the Trump administration. I've only ever really seen the claim made based on a single tweet.

This person did a pretty deep dive and comes to the conclusion that they don't, nor does their CEO.

I'm not saying I know what's in that guy's head, nor do I want to. But I'm wary of coming to an extreme conclusion about someone because of a couple of sentences that person wrote online.

https://io.waxandleather.com/users/alisynthesis/statuses/115245340493250991

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[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Proton's CEO once agreed with something Trump said (did). Trump appointed a lackey who appeared to Yen (Proton CEO) to be friendly toward "small tech" companies (as opposed to big tech) so he congratulated the move.

If someone we don't like does one thing we do like, are we wrong to praise that one thing? If you don't like me, hypothetically, why should I do anything you like if you will still hate me regardless of how much you agree with what I do? I'm not saying we could turn Trump with kindness. Most likely not. But this rift between people is widening. Of course the rich and poor will always be at odds, but the poor don't have to be (as) divided by it. I think we're less likely to radialise people on the other side if we show we're not a monolith ourselves and willing to see good where we find it.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Trump appointed a lackey who appeared to Yen (Proton CEO) to be friendly toward “small tech” companies (as opposed to big tech) so he congratulated the move.

If someone we don’t like does one thing we do like, are we wrong to praise that one thing?

Trump took the US out of the TPP, which should be praised by this board. Every once in a while his admin does the right thing for the wrong reasons, and a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Fuck him for everything else.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ending penny minting is my example. Got nothing bad to say about that one!

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

CGP Grey is already moving the goalposts to nickeling and diming

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Not sure we're at that point yet but I'm not too familiar with the minting of those two

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 points 1 week ago

Is he even american or U.S. citizen? Like honestly it really seems like something a European tech exec would do.