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i use proton.. airvpn looks good but i still haven't tried it
Similar issues with Proton CEO, he seems to be a Trump fan.
Furthermore, I heard it's generally bad practice to use a VPN provider from your own jurisdiction, AirVPN mentionend above is located in Italy for example and won't sell any accounts to Italians for that reason.
He is not: https://medium.com/@ovenplayer/does-proton-really-support-trump-a-deeper-analysis-and-surprising-findings-aed4fee4305e
begs the question of why tuta doesn't keep accidentally praising trump and his fascists.
Going out on a limb here, could it be... ethics?
are you saying that proton doesn't have any?
proton is greenwashing for those interested in privacy.
I was previously a customer, walked away from a 2 year subscription that still had about 18 months left on it.
i was going to become a customer until it's ceo voiced support for trump and every single fascist-friendly incident created by proton since then has made me glad that i've never given them a penny.
How to get upvotes: appease the proton zombie fanboys
the people of this community are proton fanboys and the downvotes prove it. lol
Proton excel at marketing, they are greenwashing for the privacy crowd.
this makes a lot more sense than anything else i've heard and especially why they keep accidentally praising trump and his fellow fascists.
How to get downvotes: offend the proton zombie fanboys
I wasn't aware that airvpn refused Italian customers, the company definitely has some interesting policies though: including no servers in israel, or russia, and no servers in australia because of our f*cked up internet privacy laws.
The reason air won’t sell accounts to Italians is because Italy has a law against using technology to view or share pirate soccer broadcasts and air doesn’t want to or can’t prevent people from doing that (also they’re positioned in the marketplace perfectly for piracy and just about nothing else).
It’s not because they believe or follow the recommendation that a provider be outside the users country of residence. Which is advice that’s situational.
Just connect to a VPN and buy it anyway! I know a friend who did