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Proton Ditches Mastodon (web.archive.org)

submitted 6 months ago by ramenu@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] kipo@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago

So Proton ditched Mastodon but is still on Twitter, aka the Nazi cesspool, and Reddit. Both US propaganda platforms with heavy censorship.

Bad, bad move.

I have been defending Andy Yen's idiotic comments because he's not American and doesn't understand the hyper-reactive nature between US Americans and US politics (because our government is literally run by nazis now), but this decision isn't helping; it will fuel and reinforce the negative image already held by those who have canceled their accounts and those who are on the fence.

[–] biofaust@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

That's in line with being from Switzerland. Act cool, but be sure to stick with the richer people and do their interest. Never used Proton (I use Tuta instead) for that reason only. You are free to call me racist.

[–] Matt@lemdro.id 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This is very disappointing.

[–] ramenu@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago

They have a large following on Mastodon so this doesn't really make much sense. I'm inclined to believe that they left due to the hate they were getting because of the recent controversy.

[–] Individual_Orchid@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I so want to ditch Proton right now, but I have a lot of resumes out and have been using them for ~4 years, so all of my accounts are linked in a sense.

What to do what to do.. I know and fully agree that what's going on is sus, but I think I need to stick with it for a few more months until the job thing pans out.

Edit: I have a free Tuta account, I'll start weaning everything off, then cut free when I don't need to worry about missing an interview opportunity.

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 months ago

🤨

Ditches fediverse but still use Xitter?

On top of the trump apointee praise?

Sus 👀

[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Why

[–] novacomets@lemmy.myserv.one -1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Mastodon is built on misanthropy, that's why Mastodon people are a spaz.

[–] RiQuY@lemm.ee 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Mastodon is a self-hostable software, not a service controlled by a single person. The servers are hosted by inviduals so you should be saying "Some people on Mastodon thinks X", instead of the whole platform.

[–] novacomets@lemmy.myserv.one -1 points 6 months ago

Mastodon rules say for those who have the approved opinions in line with admins, it's fine to wish death on individuals that Mastodon admins want to see killed.