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Andy Yen's values are incompatible with Proton's mission. He advocates for poor security practices, supports fascists, and he verbally abuses his subordinates. As such, I can no longer in good conscience continue to financially support a company with such terrible leadership.

Unfortunately for me, my subscription just renewed last month on a multi year plan, but it does give me time to browse for and experiment with alternatives.

If you're able, I encourage you to do the same and cite Andy Yen as the driving factor for your decision. We can't let these tech bro fascists destroy what little semblance of privacy we have left.

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[โ€“] curiouschipmunk@lemmy.world 12 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Hah! Did cancel early in the day before finding this. I was a bit more blunt about reason: "Your psycho CEO". Found 'tutamail' that seems to do what I need (backup email basically if my server is out) and luckily didn't have anything on proton yet.

[โ€“] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 5 points 21 hours ago

They must have gotten so many of these.

I also cited their insane CEO in my cancelation.